The Effects of Contextualization on Fluency in Three Groups of Children

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 564-576

  Trautman, Lisa Scott ^a   Charles Healey, E ^b   Norris, Janet A ^c  

^a WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Contextualization; Language; Language impairment; Stuttering

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE TEST; MALE; SEMANTICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; SEMANTICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0035374796     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2001/044)     Document Type: Article

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