Perception of sign language and its application to visual communications for deaf people

Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 390-401

  Muir, Laura J ^a   Richardson, Iain E G ^a  

^a ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; SIGN LANGUAGE; VISION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICATION; DEAFNESS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SIGN LANGUAGE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 24344478797     PISSN: 10814159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/deafed/eni037     Document Type: Article

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