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Niver, Judith M.; Schery, Teris K. – American Annals of the Deaf, 1994
The amount and intelligibility of spoken language output were evaluated in 15 deaf children (ages 4 to 9 years) during 15 minutes of free play with either their mothers or a hearing peer. Results indicated that significantly more speech was produced during the children's interactions with their mothers. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Children, Deafness, Interaction Process Analysis, Interpersonal Communication
Fidler, Deborah J. – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 2003
This study compared the prosodic characteristics of parental language targeted to children with Down syndrome and children with other etiologies of mental retardation. Results showed that parents of children with Down syndrome showed prosodic characteristics more typical of infant-directed speech than did parents of other children with mental…
Descriptors: Caregiver Speech, Down Syndrome, Elementary Education, Interaction Process Analysis