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Lederberg, Amy – Child Development, 1984
Describes the interactions of 1five mothers inexperienced with deaf people and a deaf five-year-old, a hearing two-year-old and a hearing four and one-half-year-old. The women had fewer successful initiations and shorter interactions with deaf children. Modifications in their communication, especially in relation to "motherese," were…
Descriptors: Adults, Communication Research, Deafness, Interaction Process Analysis
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Vandell, Deborah Lowe; George, Linda B. – Child Development, 1981
Dyadic free play of 32 preschool children (16 deaf and 16 hearing) was videotaped on two occasions; each child was observed once with a deaf partner, once with a hearing partner. Results are discussed in terms of the social interactions of hearing and deaf children, with particular attention to the characteristics of initiation attempts.…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Communication Skills, Deafness, Interaction Process Analysis
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Greenberg, Mark T.; And Others – Child Development, 1984
Evaluates a comprehensive intervention program for deaf children under age three in Vancouver, British Columbia. Twelve subjects were compared with a matched sample of children undergoing less-systematic intervention. Results indicated more developmentally mature communication and higher quality interaction in families who had received…
Descriptors: Child Language, Deafness, Foreign Countries, Infants