Fluency of school-aged children with a history of specific expressive language impairment: An exploratory study

American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 41-49

  Boscolo, Brian ^a   Ratner, Nan Bernstein ^a   Rescorla, Leslie ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Expressive language impairment; Fluency; Language; Specific language impairment (SLI); Stuttering

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOTOR CONTROL; RELIABILITY; SPEECH;

EID: 0036002448     PISSN: 10580360     EISSN: 15589110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1058-0360(2002/005)     Document Type: Article

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