The academic achievement of deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) students depends on the interaction of many factors, including student and family characteristics and experiences inside and outside school. Several questionnaires have previously been designed for evaluating the listening skills of deaf English-speaking children in school environments.…

Infants 12 months of age or older who have a severe to profound hearing loss frequently receive cochlear implants. Given the inherent challenges of assessing children of this age, this study aims to determine how Listening and Spoken Language Specialists Certified Auditory-Verbal Therapists (LSLS Cert. AVT™) gauge the progress of very young…

Data on how well information and communication technology (ICT) needs of 1354 Canadian college and university students with disabilities are met on and off campus were collected using the newly developed Positives Scale (Postsecondary Information Technology Initiative Scale). The measure contains 26 items which use a 6-point Likert scale (1 =…