The cultural and linguistic diversity of 3-year-old children with hearing loss

Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 421-438

  Crowe, Kathryn ^a,b,c   Mcleod, Sharynne ^c   Ching, Teresa Y C ^a,b  

^a The HEARing CRC ^*  (Australia)

^b NATIONAL ACOUSTIC LABORATORIES   (Australia)

^c CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVER; CULTURAL FACTOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SIGN LANGUAGE;

AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SIGN LANGUAGE;

EID: 84867131825     PISSN: 10814159     EISSN: 14657325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/deafed/ens028     Document Type: Article

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