Inferencing skills of adolescent readers who are hearing impaired

Journal of Research in Reading

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 256-266

  Doran, John ^a,c   Anderson, Anne ^b,c  

^a Glasgow Psychological Services   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c Psychological Services   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 21844437334     PISSN: 01410423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9817.00201     Document Type: Article

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