The effect of sample size on the assessment of stuttering severity

American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 36-44

  Sawyer, Jean ^a,b   Yairi, Ehud ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Speech sample size; Stuttering distribution; Stuttering measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645968701     PISSN: 10580360     EISSN: 15589110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1058-0360(2006/005)     Document Type: Article

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