Prevalence of stuttering in African American preschoolers

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1465-1479

  Proctor, Adele ^a   Yairi, Ehud ^a   Duff, Melissa C ^b   Zhang, Jie ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Children; Preschoolers; Prevalence; Stuttering

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; STUTTERING; TEACHER;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STUTTERING;

EID: 56849115976     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2008/07-0057)     Document Type: Article

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