Otitis Media and Speech-Language Sequelae in Young Children

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No AccessAmerican Journal of Speech-Language PathologyViewpoint1 Feb 1995Otitis Media and Speech-Language Sequelae in Young ChildrenCurrent Issues in Management Joanne Erwick Roberts, and Lynn P. Medley Joanne Erwick Roberts Contact author: Joanne E. Roberts, PhD, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 105 Smith Level Road, CB# 8180, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-8180 Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center and the Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Google Scholar and Lynn P. Medley Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center and the Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Google Scholar https://doi.org/10.1044/1058-0360.0401.15 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationTrack Citations ShareFacebookTwitterLinked In References American Academy of Audiology. (1992). 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