Improving classroom acoustics: Utilizing hearing-assistive technology and communication strategies in the educational setting

Volta Review

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 47-62

  Crandell, Carl C ^a   Smaldino, Joseph J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

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