Controversies surrounding nonspeech oral motor exercises for childhood speech disorders

Seminars in Speech and Language

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 253-256

  Lof, Gregory L ^a  

^a MGH INSTITUTE OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOCIATION; CHILD; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUTH; SPEECH DISORDERS; SPEECH THERAPY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 59149102290     PISSN: 07340478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1103388     Document Type: Editorial

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