How effective is therapy for childhood stuttering? Dissecting and reinterpreting the evidence in light of spontaneous recovery rates

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 359-374

  Saltuklaroglu, Tim ^a   Kalinowski, Joseph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

MeSH terms: child; Methods, stuttering; Preschool, speech therapy; Therapy, fluency, inhibition, mirror neurons

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY RESPONSE; HUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPEECH ARTICULATION; SPEECH THERAPY; STUTTERING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; NEURONS; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; SPEECH; SPEECH THERAPY; STUTTERING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 21244444583     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13682820400027735     Document Type: Review

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