Direct measurement techniques of interpersonal distances for three groups of sixth graders showed that hard-of-hearing students intergrated into a normal public school for a year displayed similar personal space to that of a "normal" child, while hard-of-hearing children having limited interactions with "normal" children displayed greater personal…

Eye contact with a stranger was relatively rare in center-city Philadelphia, more common in a suburb, and very common in a small rural town. Speaking occurred only with eye contact. These results suggest that social interaction in the city is an adaptation to overload of interpersonal contacts. (Author/MA)