Metaphor performance in children with hearing impairment

Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 216-223

  Wolgemuth, Keith S ^a   Kamhi, Alan G ^c   Lee, Rene F ^b  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b Bodine School   (United States)

^c Naval Medical Center ^*

Author keywords

Children; Figurative language; Hearing loss; Metaphor

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032187257     PISSN: 01611461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/0161-1461.2904.216     Document Type: Article

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