Early Intervention With Early Childhood Stuttering: A Critical Examination of the Data

American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 8-18

  Curlee, Richard F ^a   Yairi, Ehud ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood stuttering; Intervention alternative; Prognosis; Remission

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031483332     PISSN: 10580360     EISSN: 15589110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1058-0360.0602.08     Document Type: Article

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