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Peer reviewedFisher, Cletus G.; Husa, Florence A. – American Annals of the Deaf, 1973
The finger spelling intelligibility of 10 spellers (five deaf and five normal) to 34 readers (eight deaf and 26 normal) was measured along with differences relative to experience and condition of hearing. (Author)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Correlation, Deafness, Exceptional Child Research
Peer reviewedHiggins, Earl – American Annals of the Deaf, 1973
Descriptors: College Students, Communication (Thought Transfer), Exceptional Child Research, Finger Spelling
Peer reviewedJensema, Corinne Klein – American Annals of the Deaf, 1979
A description of 14 communication systems used by the deaf blind is provided. (PHR)
Descriptors: Braille, Communication (Thought Transfer), Deaf Blind, Finger Spelling
Moores, Donald F. – Amer Ann Deaf, 1969
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Communication (Thought Transfer), Cued Speech, Exceptional Child Education
Alterman, Arthur I. – Amer Ann Deaf, 1970
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Deafness, Exceptional Child Education, Finger Spelling
Peer reviewedMoores, Donald F.; And Others – Exceptional Children, 1973
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Deafness, Exceptional Child Research, Finger Spelling
Peer reviewedBeckmeyer, Ted – American Annals of the Deaf, 1976
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Deafness, Disabilities, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedDesselle, Debra D.; Pearlmutter, Lynn – Social Work in Education, 1997
Examines the effect that hearing parents' communication methods have on the self-esteem of their deaf children. Results indicate that adolescents whose parents used total communication (speech, finger spelling, and sign language) had higher self-esteem scores than adolescents whose parents used speech only. Makes recommendations for school social…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Communication (Thought Transfer), Deaf Interpreting, Deafness
Download full textWoodward, James; Markowicz, Harry – 1975
The study of pidgin and creole languages, usually emphasizing oral language codes, offers insights into language, especially as an observably dynamic phenomenon. However, channel is highly influential on the surface form of the language code. Pidgin sign language codes, not dependent on oral language codes, can serve as an ideal forum for the…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Creoles, Deafness, Finger Spelling
BORNSTEIN, HARRY – 1965
A PROGRAMED FILM COURSE WAS DEVELOPED TO TEACH PERSONS HOW TO READ THE MANUAL ALPHABET. THE EFFECTS OF THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMING CONDITIONS WERE STUDIED--MANNER OF STIMULUS REPETITION, RATE OF STIMULUS PRESENTATION, AND MODE OF RESPONSE. THE PROJECT WAS DONE IN TWO PHASES. IN THE FIRST PHASE, SUBJECTS WERE 42 DEAF GALLAUDET COLLEGE PREPARATORY…
Descriptors: Adults, College Students, Communication (Thought Transfer), Deafness
Peer reviewedPoizner, Howard – Science, 1981
Reviews a study on deaf native sign language. Indicates that the modification of natural perceptual categories after language acquisition is not bound to a particular transmission modality, but rather can be a more general consequence of acquiring a formal linguistic system. (Author/SK)
Descriptors: College Science, Communication (Thought Transfer), Deafness, Expressive Language
Lederer, Joseph – 1968
Repercussions of "Language and Education of the Deaf" by Herbert R. Kohl are examined as a followup. The original study described the education and achievement of profoundly deaf individuals in America, presented a critique of the literature that had grown around the problems of the deaf, and focused on the relative failure of deaf education.…
Descriptors: Children, Communication (Thought Transfer), Deafness, Exceptional Child Research
WITHROW, FRANK B. – 1966
THE ILLINOIS COMMUNICATION SCALE WAS DEVELOPED ON 16 MM COLOR FILM TO ASSESS THE RECEPTIVE COMMUNICATION ABILITIES OF DEAF CHILDREN BETWEEN 6 AND 14 YEARS. FORMS WERE CONSTRUCTED TO MEASURE (1) AUDITORY RECEPTION, (2) LIPREADING AND LISTENING, (3) LIPREADING ONLY, (4) FINGERSPELLING, AND (5) LANGUAGE OF SIGNS. EACH FORM HAD 5 SUBPARTS (1)…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Auditory Evaluation, Children, Communication Skills
Department of Education and Science, London (England). – 1968
The results of study in England and Wales to determine the place of fingerspelling and signing in deaf education are reported. The scope and procedure of the inquiry, its context, the meaning of terms, the linguistic quality methods of communication, variable factors likely to affect the attainments of children with impaired hearing, and present…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Communication (Thought Transfer), Comparative Education, Exceptional Child Education
