Deaf Education Aotearoa New Zealand Journal: Spring 2003

Some of the items featured in the Spring 2003 issue of ‘DEANZ’ (Vol. 2, No. 2):

The Southern Cochlear Implant Programme at van Asch Deaf Education Centre
Project HIEDI: Hearing-Impairment-Early Detection and Intervention
A New Zealand-Samoan Connection, an article by Sara Pivac talking about the first Foreign Aid project ever attempted within the New Zealand Deaf community in Samoa.
The Writing Project: A Joint Project between Kelston and van Asch
Spinning a DEANZ Web

Can you help?

Beatrice Nuthall

Beatrice Nuthall

Darryl Alexander

Darryl Alexander

Rachel Noble

Ruth Dyson

Sara Pivac Alexander

Sara Pivac Alexander

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Deaf Education Aotearoa New Zealand

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SignDNA – Deaf National Archive New Zealand, DEANZ2003-02-1-MJN

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