Long-term effectiveness of the SpeechEasy fluency-enhancement device

Journal of Fluency Disorders

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 334-343

  Gallop, Ronald F ^b   Runyan, Charles M ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARYLAND   (United States)

^b JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carry over; Effectiveness; Long term; SpeechEasy; Stuttering

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUENCY ENHANCEMENT DEVICE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH PRODUCTION AIDS; STUTTERING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEEDBACK, SENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPEECH THERAPY; STUTTERING; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872368507     PISSN: 0094730X     EISSN: 1873801X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfludis.2012.07.001     Document Type: Article

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