Enhancing speech fluency using transcranial direct current stimulation

Thesis

Producing speech is a highly complex task, involving the integration of sensory and linguistic information, with the precise, high-speed, co-ordination of muscles controlling breathing and the movement of the vocal folds and articulators. In spite of this complexity, producing fluent speech – moving smoothly from one speech sound to the next – can appear effortless. Speech fluency is highly socially valued, and the personal and societal costs of living with a disorder of fluency, such as ...

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Authors: Chesters, J

• DOI: 10.5287/ora-kzonvxbpj
• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Keywords: randomised controlled trial; speech disorders; transcranial current stimulation; developmental stuttering
• Subjects: Noninvasive brain stimulation; Cognitive neuroscience; Psycholinguistics