Reading Difficulties in Adult Deaf Readers of French: Phonological Codes, Not Guilty!

Scientific Studies of Reading

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 263-285

  Bélanger, Nathalie N ^a   Baum, Shari R ^b   Mayberry, Rachel I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 84861587392     PISSN: 10888438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10888438.2011.568555     Document Type: Article

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