Training in the use of a tactile supplement to lipreading: A long-term case study

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 394-406

  Plant, Geoff ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONSONANT; HUMAN; LIP READING; MALE; PERFORMANCE; SCORING SYSTEM; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TOUCH; TRAINING;

ADULT; COMPUTERS; DEAFNESS; HUMANS; LIPREADING; MALE; TEACHING; TIME FACTORS; TOUCH;

EID: 0031694708     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003446-199810000-00006     Document Type: Article

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