Epidemiology of speech and language impairment in a nationally representative sample of 4- to 5-year-old children

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1213-1229

  McLeod, Sharynne ^a   Harrison, Linda J ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children; Communication; Epidemiology; Language; Prevalence; Speech

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LINGUISTICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOUND; SPEECH AND LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT; SPEECH DISORDER; TEACHER;

AUSTRALIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PARENTS; PREVALENCE; SPEECH DISORDERS;

EID: 62149096079     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2009/08-0085)     Document Type: Article

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