Allocation of support levels to hearing-impaired children - Moving away from using audiometric descriptors

Deafness and Education International

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 167-183

  Brett, Russell P ^a  

^a Children's Hearing Services   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AI; Educational support; Hearing impaired children; Pure tone audiogram; Speech Articulation Index

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242491822     PISSN: 14643154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/146431503790560664     Document Type: Review

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