The Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education is a peer-reviewed

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 academic journal

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 covering basic and applied research relating to individuals who are deaf

Hearing impairment

-Definition:Deafness is the inability for the ear to interpret certain or all frequencies of sound.-Environmental Situations:Deafness can be caused by environmental situations such as noise, trauma, or other ear defections...

, including developmental, cultural

Culture

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, educational

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, and linguistic topics.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is indexed in CINAHL

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, Current Contents

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/Social and Behavioral Sciences, Education Research Abstracts, E-psyche, Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts

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, ProQuest

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, PsycLIT

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, Social Sciences Citation Index

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, and Studies on Women and Gender Abstracts.Accorsding to the Journal Citation Reports

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, the journal has a 2009 impact factor

Impact factor

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of 1.375, ranking it 12th out of 29 journals in the category "Education, Special" and 18th out of 52 in the category "Rehabilitation".