Acoustical barriers to learning: Children at risk in every classroom

Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 356-361

  Nelson, Peggy B ^a,c   Soli, Sig ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOUSE EAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children with hearing loss; Classroom acoustics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034337759     PISSN: 01611461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/0161-1461.3104.356     Document Type: Article

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