Is it possible for speech therapy to improve upon natural recovery rates in children who stutter?

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 349-358

  Kalinowski, Joseph ^a   Saltuklaroglu, Tim ^b   Dayalu, Vikram N ^c   Guntupalli, Vijaya ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c SETON HALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

MeSH Terms; child; Methods, stuttering; Preschool, speech therapy; Therapy, fluency, inhibition

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; POLICY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPEECH ARTICULATION; SPEECH THERAPY; STUTTERING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; QUESTIONNAIRES; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; SPEECH THERAPY; STUTTERING; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 21244453903     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780400027779     Document Type: Article

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