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Frizelle, Pauline; Allenby, Rebecca; Hassett, Elizabeth; Holland, Orlaith; Ryan, Eimear; Dahly, Darren; O'Toole, Ciara – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2023
Background: Children with Down syndrome have speech and language difficulties that are disproportionate to their overall intellectual ability and relative strengths in the use of gesture. Shared book reading between parents and their children provides an effective context in which language development can be facilitated. However, children with…
Descriptors: Cues, Parent Child Relationship, Interpersonal Communication, Down Syndrome
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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