Comparing Employment Outcomes of Vocational Rehabilitation Consumers with Hearing Loss to Other Consumers and the General Labor Force

Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 24-33

  Capella, Michele E ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0142135926     PISSN: 00343552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00343552030470010401     Document Type: Article

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