Finding friends online: online activities by deaf students and their well-being.

Generally, deaf and hard of hearing (D/HH) children have fewer friends than hearing peers and their friendships are of a lower quality. The research hypothesis was that using the computer to communicate with new online friends through social network sites or playing games with offline friends is ass...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Helen Blom, Marc Marschark, Mathijs P J Vervloed, Harry Knoors
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24520373/?tool=EBI