Pilot testing of a parent-directed intervention (Project ASPIRE) for underserved children who are deaf or hard of hearing

Child Language Teaching and Therapy

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 91-102

  Sacks, Chana ^a   Shay, Sophie ^b   Repplinger, Lyra ^c   Leffel, Kristin R ^b   Sapolich, Shannon G ^b   Suskind, Elizabeth ^b   Tannenbaum, Sally ^b   Suskind, Dana ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c Colorado Oral Deaf Preschool ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Child development; health disparity; hearing loss; intervention; language development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893514450     PISSN: 02656590     EISSN: 14770865     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265659013494873     Document Type: Article

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