Phonological awareness and short-term memory in hearing and deaf individuals of different communication backgrounds

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1145, Issue , 2008, Pages 83-99

  Koo, Daniel ^a,b   Crain, Kelly ^b   Lasasso, Carol ^a,b   Eden, Guinevere F ^a,b,c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Building D ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

ASL; Deaf individuals; Phonological awareness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AWARENESS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHONEME; PHONETICS; RECALL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SIGN LANGUAGE; SKILL;

EID: 57449113837     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1416.025     Document Type: Conference Paper

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