Medical Hypotheses
Volume 58, Issue 1 , Pages 61-66 , January 2002

A common element in the immediate inducement of effortless, natural-sounding, fluent speech in people who stutter: ‘the second speech signal’

Received 30 March 2001 ,Accepted 5 July 2001.

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doi: 10.1054/mehy.2001.1451

Medical Hypotheses
Volume 58, Issue 1 , Pages 61-66 , January 2002

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