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Moore, Christopher A.; Ruark, Jacki L. – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1996
This study of the oral motor behaviors of seven toddlers (age 15 months) may be interpreted to indicate that: (1) mandibular coordination follows a developmental continuum from earlier emerging behaviors, such as chewing and sucking, through babbling, to speech, or (2) unique task demands give rise to distinct mandibular coordinative constraints…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Child Behavior, Child Development, Developmental Stages