This book provides a pioneering introduction to heritage languages and their speakers,
written by one of the founders of this new field. Using examples from a wide range of …

This article provides an overview and select review of the emerging literature informing
clinicians about speech and voice changes secondary to normal aging. We begin by …

The manner and extent to which normal aging affects the ability to speak are not fully
understood. While age-related changes in voice fundamental frequency and intensity have …

Understanding the changes in our language abilities along the lifespan is a crucial step for
understanding the aging process both in normal and in abnormal circumstances. Besides …

Data on disfluencies in the speech of non-stuttering adults are relevant to several aspects of
the assessment and treatment of adults who stutter. Currently, very few sources provide …

Despite the huge importance of spoken language production in everyday life, little is known
about the manner and extent to which the motor aspects of speech production evolve with …

Reduced speech fluency is frequent in clinical paediatric populations, an unexplained
finding. To investigate age related effects on speech fluency variables, we analysed …

Healthy aging is associated with a decline in cognitive, executive, and motor processes that
are concomitant with changes in brain activation patterns, particularly at high complexity …

TEMA: a fluência de fala varia de indivíduo para indivíduo, fluente ou gago, dependendo de
diversos fatores. Estudos que investigam a influência da idade nos padrões de fluência …

As individuals age, they experience increased difficulties producing speech, especially with
infrequent words. Older adults report that word retrieval difficulties frequently occur and are …