Signed Language Working Memory Capacity of Signed Language Interpreters and Deaf Signers
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1081-4159,1465-7325
DOI: 10.1093/deafed/ens068