Epidemiology of stuttering in the community across the entire life span

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1097-1105

  Craig, Ashley ^a   Hancock, Karen ^a   Tran, Yvonne ^a   Craig, Magali ^a   Peters, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fluency disorders; Incidence; Prevalence; Stuttering

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPEECH; STUTTERING; TELEPHONE; WITNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STUTTERING;

EID: 0036920233     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2002/088)     Document Type: Article

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