Communication Disorders and Use of Intervention Services among Children Aged 3-17 Years : United States, 2012. NCHS Data Brief. Number 205 / Lindsey I. Black, Anjel Vahratian and Howard J. Hoffman.
Increasing the proportion of children with voice, swallowing, speech, or language disorders who receive intervention services is a Healthy People 2020 goal (1). Timely receipt of intervention services is shown to be effective for treatment of communication disorders (2-5). Using data from the 2012 N...
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| Summary: | Increasing the proportion of children with voice, swallowing, speech, or language disorders who receive intervention services is a Healthy People 2020 goal (1). Timely receipt of intervention services is shown to be effective for treatment of communication disorders (2-5). Using data from the 2012 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), this brief reports the percentage of U.S. children aged 3-17 years who had communication disorders of speech, language, voice, or swallowing. Further, of those with a communication disorder, the percentage who received intervention services is also reported. |
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| ISSN: | 1941-4927 |
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