The effect of conductive hearing loss on phonological awareness, reading and spelling of urban aboriginal students

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Audiology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 37-51

  Walker, Nolene ^a   Wigglesworth, Gillian ^a,b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AWARENESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONDUCTION DEAFNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OTOSCOPY; PHONETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; READING; SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA; SKILL; STUDENT; TYMPANOMETRY; URBAN AREA; WRITING;

EID: 0035792753     PISSN: 01571532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/audi.23.1.37.31097     Document Type: Article

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