Characteristics of a virtual community for individuals who are d/Deaf and hard of hearing

American Annals of the Deaf

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 251-263

  Shoham, Snunith ^a   Heber, Meital ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

d Deaf and hard of hearing; Social support; Virtual community; Virtual forums

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865524041     PISSN: 0002726X     EISSN: 15430375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/aad.2012.1625     Document Type: Article

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