Will Cochlear Implants Close the Reading Achievement Gap for Deaf Students?

The Oxford Handbook of Deaf Studies, Language, and Education

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Marschark, Marc ^a   Sarchet, Thomastine ^b   Rhoten, Cathy ^c   Zupan, Megan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf   (United States)

^d New York School for the Deaf   (United States)

Author keywords

Cochlear implants; Cognitive development; Deaf children; Hard of hearing children; Reading achievement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923438635     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195390032.013.0009     Document Type: Chapter

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