Identification of communication disorders among Egyptian Arabic-speaking nursery schools' children

Egyptian Journal of Ear, Nose, Throat and Allied Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 83-90

  Gad Allah, Heba ^a   Abd Elraouf, Samar ^a   Abou Elsaad, Tamer ^b   Abd Elwahed, Mahassen ^c  

^a Mansoura University   (Egypt)

^b MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c Alexandria University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Arabic language; Communication disorders; Early identification; Egyptian children; Nursery schools; Preschool children

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942077625     PISSN: 20900740     EISSN: 20903405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejenta.2012.04.004     Document Type: Article

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