Individuals from Diverse Cultural and Ethnic Backgrounds May Perceive Graphic Symbols Differently: Response to Nigam

AAC: Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 137-140

  Blake Huer, Mary ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural; Graphic symbols; Research

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947152308     PISSN: 07434618     EISSN: 14773848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0743461031000073083     Document Type: Article

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