Symbol-infused joint attention and language use in mothers with deaf and hearing toddlers

American Annals of the Deaf

Volumn 153, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 484-503

  Gale, Elaine ^a   Schick, Brenda ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SYMBOLISM; TIME;

ATTENTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; DEAFNESS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; SYMBOLISM; TIME FACTORS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 65349120680     PISSN: 0002726X     EISSN: 15430375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/aad.0.0066     Document Type: Article

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