Look who's being left behind: Educational interpreters and access to education for deaf and hard-of-hearing students

Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 3-20

  Schick, Brenda ^a   Williams, Kevin ^b   Kupermintz, Haggai ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b BOYS TOWN NATIONAL RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CANADA; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT; SIGN LANGUAGE; STANDARD; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CANADA; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; SIGN LANGUAGE; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 31144465001     PISSN: 10814159     EISSN: 14657325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/deafed/enj007     Document Type: Article

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