An intersubjective developmental perspective on interactions between deaf and hearing mothers and their deaf infants

American Annals of the Deaf

Volumn 148, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 295-307

  Loots, Gerrit ^a   Devisé, Isabel ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CAREGIVER; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; THEORY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PATIENT;

COMMUNICATION; HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS; HUMANS; INFANT; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS;

EID: 2142648688     PISSN: 0002726X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/aad.2003.0028     Document Type: Review

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