2021
Extending Ultrasound Tongue Shape Complexity Measures to Speech Development and Disorders.
Kabakoff H, Harel D, Tiede M, Whalen D, McAllister T. Extending Ultrasound Tongue Shape Complexity Measures to Speech Development and Disorders. Journal Of Speech Language And Hearing Research 2021, 64: 2557-2574. PMID: 34232685, PMCID: PMC8632483, DOI: 10.1044/2021_jslhr-20-00537.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpeech sound disordersSound disordersSkilled motor controlSpeech developmentTongue shapeChild's phonemic inventoryChildren's speech developmentMotor controlPhonological knowledgePhonemic inventoryChildren's speechSpeech structureAdult targetsArticulatory patternsSpeech patternsSpeech soundsChild sampleDiagnostic groupsTongue increaseDiagnostic classificationSpeechPhonemeMotor componentsDisordersTreatment approaches
1987
Qualitative separateness in children's speech
Nittrouer S, Whalen D. Qualitative separateness in children's speech. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 1987, 82: s84-s84. DOI: 10.1121/1.2025025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChildren's speechVowel contextsFricative noiseAdult speechChild speakersPhonetic unitsFricative identificationAcoustic differencesF2 frequenciesAdult listenersAcoustic analysisListenersSpeechGross spectrumPerceptual segmentationAcoustic informationSyllablesYoung childrenAdultsChildrenAllophonesVowelsSpeakersContextHypothesis