Genetics and deafness: Impacts on the deaf community

Sign Language Studies

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 150-168

  Arnos, Kathleen S ^a  

^a GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0040961301     PISSN: 03021475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sls.2002.0002     Document Type: Article

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