Written Language Abilities in Deaf Italians
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The "SignOn"-Model for Teaching Written Language to Deaf People
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education
سال: 1998
ISSN: 1081-4159,1465-7325
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.deafed.a014353