A review of intervention studies on teaching AAC to individuals who are deaf and blind

Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 71-99

  Sigafoos, Jeff ^a   Didden, Robert ^b   Schlosser, Ralf ^c   Green, Vanessa A ^a   O'Reilly, Mark F ^d   Lancioni, Giulio E ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Augmentative and alternative communication; Deaf and blind individuals; Interventions studies; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

EID: 38149069610     PISSN: 1056263X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10882-007-9081-5     Document Type: Article

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