Reading comprehension of deaf students in regular education

Marcia Regina Zemella Luccas1, Brasília Maria Chiari, Bárbara Niegia Garcia de Goulart

  • 1Graduate Program (Master's degree) in Communication Disorders, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. marcialuccas@gmail.com

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