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Download full textLoeding, Barbara L. – 2000
This project examined whether there is a lexicon of messages commonly used by vocational rehabilitation (VR) counselors with deaf clients that might be stored digitally on a CD-ROM disk with the eventual purpose of developing a voice-to-sign translation system to facilitate communication between hearing and deaf individuals. Surveys of counselors…
Descriptors: Adults, Counselor Client Relationship, Deafness, Interpersonal Communication
Peer reviewedShirley, Melissa J.; And Others – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1997
A study of three adults with profound mental retardation examined the effectiveness of functional communication training in reducing self-injurious behavior (SIB) and in shaping an alternative (communicative) response while SIB continued to be reinforced. Results found when extinction was added to the training procedure, SIB decreased and manual…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Change, Extinction (Psychology), Interpersonal Communication
Peer reviewedKoenigsfeld, Amy S.; And Others – Volta Review, 1993
This study investigated the communication modes used by 15 severely hearing-impaired adults when they communicate with nonsigning, hearing persons. Subject attitudes toward augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) features were also examined. Inconsistent communication success was reported, as was lack of experience with electronic AAC…
Descriptors: Adults, Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Attitudes, Communication Aids (for Disabled)
