"A good future for deaf children": A five-year sign language intervention project

American Annals of the Deaf

Volumn 145, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 366-373

  Takala, Marjatta ^c   Kuusela, Jorma ^a   Takala, Esa Pekka ^b  

^a Finnish National Board of Education   (Finland)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPEECH THERAPY;

ADULT; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LANGUAGE THERAPY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0034296411     PISSN: 0002726X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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