Speech and language typically are modeled as separate processes that have little
relationship to each other, with speech viewed as the acoustic realization of language …

A fundamental problem for those interested in human communication is to determine how
ideas and the various units of language structure are communicated through speaking. The …

In general, models of language development in childhood (Locke 1993) and language
production in adults (Levelt 1989; Levelt et al. 1999) do not include explicit accounts of the …

In early speech development, progressive gains in phonetic ability represent progress in
multiple domains (eg, sensory, perceptual, cognitive, linguistic, and neuromotor) all of which …

This longitudinal investigation examines developmental changes in orofacial movements
occurring during the early stages of communication development. The goals were to identify …

The emergence of speech production in infants signifies the attainment of a broad. range of
developmental capacities, including, among others, cognitive, perceptual, social, linguistic …

The thesis of this chapter is that the interplay of genetic and experiential factors is necessary
for the acquisition of the motor patterns of speech. The thesis endorses neither the nativist …

The production of speech is a complex motor skill requiring precise timing and amplitude of
activity in many different muscles, including those of the chest wall, larynx, and oral system …

COMPREHENSIVE model that speech-language pathologists can use when developing
speech in hearingimpaired children reflects a develop-mental approach to speech …

Spoken language assessment and training for profoundly deaf children should be based on
normal developmental sequences. However, existing models of normal speech/language …