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Lexical Access In Individuals With Cerebral Palsy And Severe Speech And Physical Impairment, Iris Fishman
Lexical Access In Individuals With Cerebral Palsy And Severe Speech And Physical Impairment, Iris Fishman
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This study examined lexical access in adolescents and adults with cerebral palsy and severe speech and physical impairment (CP/SSPI) who have limited language production due to severe dysarthria or anarthria. To date, the impact of a severe speech production deficit on lexical activation and the organization of the mental lexicon has not been investigated. Such an investigation may support or refute these views of an articulatory basis of speech perception and lexical development and access. The hypothesis of this study is that spoken word recognition will be severely reduced or absent in this population although individual differences may result in …