Medical Hypotheses
Volume 58, Issue 1 , Pages 67-71 , January 2002

Reduction of stuttering: the dual inhibition hypothesis

Received 5 April 2001 ,Accepted 9 July 2001.

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doi: 10.1054/mehy.2001.1452

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