Review of sign language assessment instruments

Sign Language and Linguistics (Online)

Volumn 8, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 61-98

  Haug, Tobias ^a  

^a University of Applied Sciences for Special Needs Zurich   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Deaf; Reliability; Review; Sign language assessment instrument; Test; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845357719     PISSN: 13879316     EISSN: 1569996X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/sll.8.1.04hau     Document Type: Article

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