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Download full textZakia, Richard D.; Haber, Ralph Norman – 1972
Thirty-three deaf college students were tested on ability to read fingerspelled words and letters and computerspelled words and letters, 19 hearing students were tested on the latter task alone, and 12 Ss highly experienced in fingerspelling were tested on the former task alone. On the word task Ss were scored on percent of words correct, with…
Descriptors: College Students, Communication Skills, Exceptional Child Research, Finger Spelling
Vernon, McCay – A.C.E.H.I. Journal, 1987
A review of problems with using such manual communication systems as cued speech, fingerspelling, Signed or Manual English, American Sign Language, and Pidgin Sign provides a rationale for using a combination of American Sign Language and Pidgin Sign and a few markers from Signed English for a Total Communication system. (CB)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Communication Skills, Cued Speech, Deafness
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 reviewedHyde, M. B.; Power, D. J. – American Annals of the Deaf, 1992
The comprehension of 30 severely and profoundly deaf students (ages 10 to 17) was evaluated under 11 communication conditions involving individual and combined presentations of lipreading, listening, fingerspelling, and signed English. Severely deaf students scored higher than profoundly deaf students under all but one condition, and all students…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Communication Skills, Comprehension
