Phonological Accuracy and Intelligibility in Connected Speech of Boys With Fragile X Syndrome or Down Syndrome

Elizabeth Barnes, Joanne E. Roberts, Steven H. Long, Gary E. Martin, Mary C. Berni, Kerry Callahan Mandulak, John Sideris

Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research · 2009 · 100 citations · 58 references

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Abstract

Boys with FXS, regardless of autism status, exhibited phonological characteristics similar to those of younger TD children but were less intelligible in connected speech. Boys with DS showed greater delays in all phonological measures than the boys with FXS and the TD boys.

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