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Roos, Carin – Deafness and Education International, 2014
This study, which is part of a larger longitudinal ethnographic study of young deaf children, reports on deaf children's use of fingerspelling. The children observed were early signers using Swedish Sign Language (SSL) in communication with teachers and peers. This study centres on the functions of fingerspelling in the children's everyday…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Deafness, Longitudinal Studies, Ethnography
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Provine, Robert R.; Emmorey, Karen – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2006
The placement of laughter in the speech of hearing individuals is not random but "punctuates" speech, occurring during pauses and at phrase boundaries where punctuation would be placed in a transcript of a conversation. For speakers, language is dominant in the competition for the vocal tract since laughter seldom interrupts spoken phrases. For…
Descriptors: Deafness, Speech, American Sign Language, Manual Communication
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Gregory, Susan – Language and Education, 1992
Categories of deafness are defined not in terms of degree of hearing loss but of consequences for the deaf person. The culture and language, British Sign Language, of a largely hidden population are discussed. (40 references) (LB)
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Deafness, Educational Needs, Foreign Countries
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Rodriguez, Maria Suarez; Lana, Esteban Torres – American Annals of the Deaf, 1996
Ten-minute video recordings of the dyadic interactions between seven deaf children (mean age 5.5 years) and their communication partners (either deaf or hearing) were analyzed. Findings are reported in terms of interaction variables (initiation, continuation, ending, and complexity) and communicative modalities (sign, actions, conventional…
Descriptors: Deafness, Interaction Process Analysis, Interpersonal Communication, Manual Communication
Loeding, 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
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Jeanes, R. C.; Nienhuys, T. G. W. M.; Rickards, F. W. – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2000
This study investigated the ability of two groups of profoundly deaf students (N=40 and ages 8, 11, 14, and 17), using either oral or signed communication, to employ pragmatic skills required for effective face-to-face interactions. Notable differences in pragmatic skills were found between the groups and between deaf and normal hearing students.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Children, Communication Skills
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Pleiss, Luta – Perspectives in Education and Deafness, 1998
Describes a cooperative-learning project of the Kansas School for the Deaf and a nearby public high school. Students first participated in a workshop on visual-gestural communication and then met together daily for two weeks to design and build their 4' by 8' miniature golf "greens". Goals of communication, cooperative learning,…
Descriptors: Deafness, Educational Cooperation, High Schools, Interpersonal Communication
Hawkins, Larry; Brawner, Judy – 1997
This digest uses a question-and-answer format to address issues that parents should consider when thinking about the total communication (TC) approach for a child who is deaf or hard of hearing. Total communication is explained as the use of any/all modes of communication (manual, oral, auditory, and written) depending on the needs of the child.…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Communication (Thought Transfer), Deafness, Decision Making
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Koenigsfeld, 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)
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Spencer, Patricia – Perspectives in Education and Deafness, 1998
Offers hearing parents of deaf infants guidelines on communicating with their child based on changes that deaf mothers make in their signing when talking to their deaf baby. Guidelines focus on restricting language, sign repetition, dramatic expression, waiting for the child's attention, tapping to gain attention, and visual leading. (DB)
Descriptors: Caregiver Speech, Deafness, Interpersonal Communication, Language Acquisition
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Swisher, M. Virginia – American Annals of the Deaf, 1992
The onset and maintenance of visual attention to signing was observed in three profoundly deaf children (ages two and three) while interacting with their hearing mothers about a picture story. All children experienced problems with the need to focus simultaneously on the mother's signs and the picture book. Suggestions for developing visual…
Descriptors: Attention Control, Communication Skills, Deafness, Interaction Process Analysis
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Reynolds, Kate E. – Childhood Education, 1995
Notes that sign language is the third most used second language in the United States and that early childhood is an ideal language-learning time. Describes the experiences of one preschool where American Sign Language has become an integral part of the curriculum. Includes guiding principles, classroom do's and don'ts, and a resource list of…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Interpersonal Communication
Ritter-Brinton, Kathryn; Carrier, Candace – ACEHI Journal, 1992
This survey of seven hearing families with deaf children examined parent understanding of Signed English and American Sign Language, reasons for choosing Signed English, experiences with professionals and with other deaf adults, challenges of developing fluency in Signed English, and parental evaluation of the results of their use of Signed…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Communication Problems, Communication Skills, Deafness
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Maxwell, Madeline M.; Doyle, Jeanne – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 1996
As most deaf individuals experience two languages (American Sign Language, English) and three modalities (sign, speech, print), this article describes code variations and adaptations in particular situations at a school for the deaf. Most language was mixed in both code and mode; such mixing was seen to be a strategy which uniquely adapts…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Bilingualism, Code Switching (Language), Communication (Thought Transfer)
1998
This booklet provides information to families with young children who are deaf or hard of hearing to assist them with communication, socialization, and education choices. It provides: (1) a description of each of the various modes of communication available for use with and among children with are deaf or hard of hearing, including American Sign…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Cued Speech, Deafness, Decision Making
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