Career and workplace experiences of Australian University graduates who are deaf or hard of hearing

Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 504-517

  Punch, Renée ^a   Hyde, Merv ^a   Power, Des ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAREER MOBILITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; HEARING DISORDER; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SIGN LANGUAGE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPEECH; UNIVERSITY; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CAREER MOBILITY; DEAFNESS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SIGN LANGUAGE; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SPEECH; UNIVERSITIES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 34548636995     PISSN: 10814159     EISSN: 14657325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/deafed/enm011     Document Type: Article

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