Parents' communication decision for children with hearing loss: Sources of information and influence

American Annals of the Deaf

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 326-339

  Decker, Kalli B ^a   Vallotton, Claire D ^b   Johnson, Harold A ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Human Development ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Communication choice; Deaf; Hearing loss; Parenting knowledge; Parenting values; Sign language

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869443176     PISSN: 0002726X     EISSN: 15430375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/aad.2012.1631     Document Type: Article

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