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Ayim, M. (1997). Crimes against the Deaf: The Politics of Ableism. Canadian Journal of Education, 22(3), 330-335.

Bosma JF. Anatomic and physiologic development of the speech apparatus. In: Tower DB, editor. The Nervous System, Vol. 3. Human Communication and its Disorders. Raven; New York: 1975. pp. 469–480

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Kent RD. Articulalory-acoustic perspectives on speech development. In: Stark RE, editor. Language Behavior in Infancy and Early Childhood. Elsevier; New York: 1981. pp. 105–126. 

Kent RD. The biology of phonological development. In: Ferguson CA, Menn L, Stoel-Gammon C, editors. Phonological Development: Models. Research, Implications. York; Timonium, MD: 1992. pp.http://www.playingwithwords365.com/2012/05/9-reasons-to-teach-sign-language-to-your-hearing-infant-or-toddler/

Nelson L, White K, Grewe J. Evidence for Website Claims about the Benefits of Teaching Sign Language to Infants and Toddlers with Normal Hearing. Infant & Child Development [serial online]. September 2012;21(5):474-502. Available from: Academic Search Premier, Ipswich, MA. Accessed April 29, 2015.

Meurant, Laurence, Sinte, Aurélie, and Van Herreweghe, Mieke, eds. Sign Languages and Deaf Communities [SLDC] : Sign Language Research, Uses and Practices : Crossing Views on Theoretical and Applied Sign Language Linguistics. Hawthorne, NY, USA: De Gruyter Mouton USA, 2013. ProQuest ebrary. Web. 10 March 2015.

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