The communication experiences of adult deaf people within their family during childhood in Cyprus

Deafness and Education International

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 60-79

  Hadjikakou, Kika ^a   Nikolaraizi, Magda ^b  

^a Ministry of Education and Culture   (Cyprus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Communication; Cyprus; Deaf; Family; Schooling

Indexed keywords

EID: 55349117479     PISSN: 14643154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dei.239     Document Type: Article

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