Purpose Accurate production of lexical stress within English polysyllabic words is critical for
intelligibility and is affected in many speech-language disorders. However, models of …

We investigated individual differences in speech imitation ability in late bilinguals using a
neuro-acoustic approach. One hundred and thirty-eight German-English bilinguals matched …

Purpose: The purpose of this scoping review was to (a) summarize methodological
characteristics of studies examining vocal characteristics of infants at high risk for …

Lexical stress is the contrast between strong and weak syllables within words. Ballard et
al.(2012) examined the amount of stress contrastivity across adjacent syllables in word …

In this exploratory study, we examined stress contrastivity within real word productions
elicited via picture naming in 20 children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and 20 …

Purpose: This study investigates the hypothesis that younger speakers and speakers with
more severe speech sound disorders are more likely to use simpler (undifferentiated) …

There is increasing evidence to show that indicators other than socio-cognitive abilities
might predict communicative function in Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). A potential area …

OBJECTIVE: To obtain objective measurements of motor speech characteristics in normal
children, using a computer-based motor speech software program. METHODS: Cross …

Background: Möbius syndrome is a disorder characterized by developmental impairment of
cranial nerve VII, VI, often XII, and other cranial nerves. Facial reanimation in such patients …

Fifty years ago, enthused by successes in creating digital computers and the DNA model of
heredity, scientists were con? dent that solutions to the problems of und-standing biological …