Towards integrated practices in early detection of and intervention for deaf and hard of hearing children

American Annals of the Deaf

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 314-321

  Storbeck, Claudine ^a   Calvert Evers, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT;

CHILD; DEAFNESS; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING;

EID: 52649088285     PISSN: 0002726X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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