This study measured behavioral speech-sound discrimination and a neurophysiologic correlate of discrimination in normal school-age children (ages 6 to 15) to determine if developmental effects exist. Just noticeable differences (JNDs) and mismatch responses (MMNs) were assessed for synthetic syllables ...
Background Dutch is a West-Germanic language spoken natively by around 24 million speakers. Although studies on typical Dutch speech sound development have been conducted, norms for phonetic and phonological characteristics of typical development in a large sample with a sufficient age range are ...
In ES, patients are taught to produce a voice by swallowing air and releasing this air back through the esophagus in a controlled manner. The vibrations created along themucosaof the esophagus andpharynxcreate the sound source, and patients learn to use the structures of theoral cavityand pharyn...
As a main result, we showed that both foreign speech sound discrimination as well as word learning resulted in rapid RS changes in multiple frequency bands at both the scalp and the source level. However, this was only the case if RS2 and RS3 were contrasted to RS1 reflecting a “...
age is regarded as a protected characteristic. Although we permit opinion and criticism of immigration laws, we also shield refugees, migrants, immigrants, and asylum seekers from the harshest assaults. In a similar vein, we offer certain safeguards for traits like occupation when they are mentione...
and oppressive organizations to maintain dominance, and control of public masses. The American government, and many private companies have been taking steps to limit what kinds of information are appropriate to share in public, or private circles. The only morally sound way to combat this slow mar...
The father (59 years of age) and one of the daughters (26 years of age; hereinafter referred as the "proband") self-report that they developed this ability at a young age, while the mother, the other daughter and all other living relatives do not possess the trait (Fig. 1A). In ...
2. The Generalization Phase – In this phase, the sound has already been established, but your child still requires these new speech skills to become a habit in everyday speech. Our tools help orient your child’s entire sound system to the proper placement and movement of the challenge soun...
By preschool age, typically developing children distinguish speech and nonspeech sounds effortlessly, and master basic language skills necessary for learning in a formal school setting. However, little is known of the underlying processes of speech versus nonspeech sound encoding in preschoolers, as no...
were typically more finely stratified with a gradient pattern reflecting a continuum from the lowest to the highest social groups. In the great majority of surveys, women lead sound change whether towards the standard or towards the vernacular variety. In New Zealand, for example, women are leadin...