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Nover, Stephen M.; Cheng, Li-Rong Lilly; Christensen, Kathee M. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1998
Suggests the need for a new profession called sign pathology to help deaf children who experience difficulty in acquiring a signed language. It offers a framework for the development of professional sign language pathologists, while differentiating between disorders related to signed language acquisition and bilingual language pedagogy for deaf…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Bilingual Education, Deafness, Language Impairments