My speech problem, your listening problem, and my frustration: The experience of living with childhood speech impairment

Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 379-392

  McCormack, Jane ^a   McLeod, Sharynne ^a   McAllister, Lindy ^b   Harrison, Linda J ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children; Experience; Families; Qualitative research; Speech impairment; Speech sound disorders

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PHONETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH THERAPY;

ATTENTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE THERAPY; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PHONETICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; SPEECH THERAPY;

EID: 77954304275     PISSN: 01611461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/0161-1461(2009/08-0129)     Document Type: Article

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