W(h)ither the deaf community? Population, genetics, and the future of Australian Sign Language

American Annals of the Deaf

Volumn 148, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 358-375

  Johnston, Trevor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COMMUNITY CARE; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE THERAPY; GENETICS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SIGN LANGUAGE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AUSTRALIA; CHILD; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; DEAFNESS; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAINSTREAMING (EDUCATION); MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RUBELLA; SIGN LANGUAGE;

EID: 2342622752     PISSN: 0002726X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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