AUDEMES AS A LEARNING MEDIUM FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED

HEALTHINF 2009 - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Health Informatics

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 175-180

  Mannheimer, Steven ^a   Ferati, Mexhid ^a   Huckleberry, Donald ^a   Palakal, Mathew ^a  

^a Indiana University   (United States)

Author keywords

Audeme; Blind and visually impaired; Children; Cognitive long term memory; Education; Sound

Indexed keywords

AUDEME; BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED; CHILDREN; COGNITIVE LONG-TERM MEMORY; SOUND;

ENCODING (SYMBOLS);

STUDENTS;

EID: 70450185780     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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