Older people who stutter: Barriers to communication and perceptions of treatment need

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-30

  Bricker Katz, Geraldine ^a   Lincoln, Michelle ^a   McCabe, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Limitations; Older people; Participation; Stuttering; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; EMOTION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPEECH; SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST; SPEECH THERAPY; STUTTERING; THEMATIC ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION; FEAR; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPEECH; STUTTERING; WORK;

EID: 72749121830     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: 14606984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13682820802627314     Document Type: Article

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