The unique contributions of deaf adult role models working in early intervention programs with deaf children of hearing parents are discussed. Attention is given to the potential linguistic and sociocultural benefits of early introduction of deaf role models in the development of deaf children. (Author/DB)

This article promotes the utilization of Sign Language of the Deaf as a primary and secondary research language. The article discusses English as the traditional research language, the role of sign language in bilingualism, possible uses for American Sign Language (ASL) as a research language, and the availability of ASL-based literature for…

This article reports on the 1989 first International Conference on the Postsecondary Education of Deaf Students held in Edmonton, Alberta, October 18-20, 1989. National perspectives and model programs from the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Nigeria, Australia, West Germany, and a Central American coalition are briefly noted. (PB)

This article describes the stages involved in the grieving process that parents experience when their child is diagnosed deaf. The attitudes toward deafness of professionals, relatives, and friends are seen as influential in providing support toward the goal of helping parents reach the stage of constructive action. (Author/DB)

This article analyzes arguments for a written form of American Sign Language (ASL) and suggests the need for empowerment of people who are deaf. It concludes that suggestions to "alphabeticize" ASL or to utilize English glosses would not be appropriate, and proposes that deaf people themselves develop a visual symbol system. (DB)

Memory and metamemory abilities of 24 severely to profoundly deaf students between the ages of 9 and 20 years old were studied. Results did not suggest spatial bias in encoding. Semantic knowledge was correlated with metamemory and free recall, and rehearsal mechanisms correlated with temporal position recall and paired-associate nonprototypic…

The concept of culture as developed by the deaf community is explored as an anthropological concept, noting the approximately 250 definitions of the term "culture." The article argues that the concepts of integrity and autonomy are the real issues of importance. (Author/DB)

A national survey of 170 interpreters for deaf Canadians examined demographic characteristics; knowledge of sign; education; experience; employment; voluntary service; clients served; settings; earnings and fees; and opinions regarding their work, compensation, working conditions, ethics, and education. (JDD)

An experimental program is described that teaches hearing parents to develop communication skills in young deaf children. Emphasis is on the increased use of visual information including attentiveness to the child's visual cues, appropriate use of natural gestures, and incorporation of visual analogs to intonation and rhythm in simultaneous…

Preplanned textual flaws were presented to 29 deaf students. Revision performance of the students improved over age with 15-20 year olds performing significantly more acceptable surface level revisions than 10-14 year olds. Revision performance also correlated with reading ability. (Author/DB)

The federally and provincially funded Deaf Training Programme in Winnipeg (Manitoba, Canada) trains deaf individuals to be human service workers, primarily in mainstream settings. The program uses American Sign Language as the language of instruction and a competency-based model of instruction. Nine students have successfully completed training.…

Following a brief biography of David Peikoff, this paper describes the first occupant of the David Peikoff Chair of Deafness Studies, Jerome D. Schein. The chair's research agenda on mediated communication and demography of impaired hearing are described, as well as organization of an international conference, public addresses, and technical…

This study examined the effects of teaching prelingually deaf, elementary school children specific strategies to use when reading. Strategies addressed the skills of inferring, predicting, analyzing, attending, associating, synthesizing, and monitoring. Five of six children made significant gains in both reading levels and specific metacognitive…

This study found significantly better lipreading scores by 31 children with hearing impairments than by 15 children with normal hearing (all 10 and 11 years old). However, correlations between degree of hearing loss and lipreading ability were nonsignificant. The study provides partial support for the doctrine of sensory compensation. (DB)

This paper shows how social factors may be causal factors for the poor socioeconomic status of deaf persons. Historical social attitudes toward deafness are reviewed. Poor socioeconomic status is explained through application of psychosocial theories including mistaken lifestyles, faulty family relationships, self-fulfilling prophecy, the role of…