Prevalence of speech delay in 6-year-old children and comorbidity with language impairment

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1461-1481

  Shriberg, Lawrence D ^a,c   Tomblin, J Bruce ^b   McSweeny, Jane L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Articulation; Disorders; Epidemiology; Genetics; Phonology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHONETICS; PREVALENCE; SPEECH ARTICULATION; SPEECH DISORDER;

EID: 0032761073     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/jslhr.4206.1461     Document Type: Article

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