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Redefining the Survival of the Fittest: Communication Disorders in the 21st Century
The Laryngoscope · 2000 · Vol. 110(2) · pp. 241–241
Robert J. Ruben✉(Montefiore Medical Center)
Abstract
Communication disorders reduce the economic output of the United States, whose economy has become dependent on communication-based employment. This trend will increase during the next century. The economic cost and the prevalence rates of communication disorders in the United States indicate that they will be a major public health challenge for the 21st century.
Voice and Speech DisordersLanguage Development and DisordersStuttering Research and TreatmentDisadvantagedEconomic costEpidemiologyGross domestic productEconomic growthPsychologyMedicineEconomics
MeSH terms
Communication DisordersEmploymentHumansLanguage DisordersOccupationsSocial ClassSpeech DisordersUnited StatesPrevalenceOccupational HealthCost of Illness
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