Early Childhood Stuttering III: Initial Status of Expressive Language Abilities.

Watkins, Ruth V.; Yairi, Ehud; Ambrose, Nicoline Grinager

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ERIC Number: EJ594977

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1999

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Early Childhood Stuttering III: Initial Status of Expressive Language Abilities.

Watkins, Ruth V.; Yairi, Ehud; Ambrose, Nicoline Grinager

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, v42 n5 p1125-35 Oct 1999

A study compared the expressive language abilities of 22 preschool children whose stuttering persisted and 62 who recovered over a four-year period. Findings revealed similarity in the abilities of children whose stuttering persisted as opposed to abated at all ages. All stutterers displayed abilities near or above developmental expectations. (CR)

Descriptors: Child Development, Expressive Language, Individual Characteristics, Longitudinal Studies, Persistence, Predictor Variables, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Severity (of Disability), Stuttering, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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