The emergence of the deaf community in Nicaragua; "With sign language you can learn so much".(Brief Article)(Book Review)

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The emergence of the deaf community in Nicaragua; "With sign language you can learn so much".

Polich, Laura.

Gallaudet University Pr.

2005

220 pages

$35.00

Hardcover

HV2608

Because the process there has been so recent and so well documented, Polich (communications disorders and deaf education, Lamar U., Texas) t...

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