Demographic and Achievement Characteristics of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students

The Oxford Handbook of Deaf Studies, Language, and Education: Second Edition

Volumn 1, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Mitchell, Ross E ^a   Karchmer, Michael A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Deaf; Hard of hearing; Hearing loss; Population distribution; Reading achievement; Student characteristics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925070858     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199750986.013.0003     Document Type: Chapter

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