Lexidactylophobia: The (irrational) fear of fingerspelling

American Annals of the Deaf

Volumn 143, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 404-415

  Grushkin, Donald A ^a  

^a De Anza College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEAR; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; REVIEW; SIGN LANGUAGE;

DEAFNESS; FEAR; HUMANS; SIGN LANGUAGE;

EID: 0032239027     PISSN: 0002726X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/aad.2012.0192     Document Type: Article

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