The Overlooked Clinical Need for Standardized Written Language Assessment in Persian-Speaking School-Aged Children: A Letter to the Editor

Document Type : Letter to Editor

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1 Rehabilitation Research Center AND Department of Speech and Language Pathology, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
2 Rehabilitation Research Center AND Department of Rehabilitation Basic Sciences, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
3 Department of Speech Therapy, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
4 Craniofacial and Cleft Research Center AND Department of Speech Therapy, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
10.48305/jrrs.2026.46832.1162
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