Deaf people communicating via SMS, TTY, relay service, fax, and computers in Australia

Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 80-92

  Power, Mary R ^a   Power, Des ^b   Horstmanshof, Louise ^a  

^a BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNICATION AID; COMPUTER; FAX; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS; TECHNOLOGY; TELEPHONE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR DISABLED; COMPUTERS; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TECHNOLOGY; TELEFACSIMILE; TELEPHONE;

EID: 33845406565     PISSN: 10814159     EISSN: 14657325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/deafed/enl016     Document Type: Article

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