The role of spoken and sign languages in the retention of written words by prelingually deafened native signers

Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 184-208

  Miller, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; PHONETICS; SIGN LANGUAGE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHONETICS; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SIGN LANGUAGE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 33947099511     PISSN: 10814159     EISSN: 14657325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/deafed/enl031     Document Type: Article

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