Play, Language, and Maternal Responsiveness: A Longitudinal Study of Deaf and Hearing Infants

Child Development

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 3176-3191

  Spencer, Patricia Elizabeth ^a   Meadow Orlans, Kathryn P ^a  

^a GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; RECREATION; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; CHILD LANGUAGE; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 0030334661     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1996.tb01908.x     Document Type: Article

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