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Communication Approaches for Educating Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH) Children in Ghana: Historical and Contemporary Issues
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Fobi, Daniel; Oppong, Alexander M. – Deafness & Education International, 2019
This paper discusses historical and contemporary issues regarding communication approaches for educating Deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) children in Ghana. Discussion of the communication approaches took into account a brief historical background to the development of formal education for DHH children in the country, academic achievement of DHH…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Interpersonal Communication
Analysis of Interaction and Attention Processes in a Child with Congenital Deafblindness
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Villas Boas, Denise Cintra; Ferreira, Léslie Piccolotto; de Moura, Maria Cecília; Maia, Shirley Rodrigues; Amaral, Isabel – American Annals of the Deaf, 2016
Children with deafblindness need support to be able to understand the world and to have access to information. The authors analyzed a dyad consisting of a child with congenital deafblindness and a specialized teacher. The study included participant observations and audiovisual recordings. It was found that the child showed attention to the teacher…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Relationship, Interaction, Children, Deaf Blind
The Pragmatic Skills of Profoundly Deaf Children.
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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
The Play Behavior of Hearing-Impaired Kindergarten Children.
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Cornelius, Georgianna; Hornett, Danielle – American Annals of the Deaf, 1990
Functional, constructive, dramatic, and social play behaviors were observed in two classes of hearing-impaired kindergarten children--one using sign communication and the other using oral communication. Children in the sign-based class demonstrated higher levels of social play behavior and lower levels of aggression than the other class.…
Descriptors: Aggression, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Dramatic Play
Factors Contributing to Parents' Selection of a Communication Mode To Use with Their Deaf Children.
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Eleweke, C. Jonah; Rodda, Michael – American Annals of the Deaf, 2000
Case studies of two British families with deaf preschool children were conducted to identify factors that could influence parents' selection of a communication method. Factors included information provided to parents, perceptions of assistive technology, attitude of service professionals and educational authorities, and quality and availability of…
Descriptors: Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Case Studies, Communication Aids (for Disabled), Deafness
A Deaf Child Born to Hearing Parents: Communicative Disruptions, Implications and Adjustments.
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Sharkey, William F. – 1987
Noting that when a deaf child is born to hearing parents, problems arise due to the language barrier, this paper discusses the kinds of disruptions hearing parents experience with the birth of a deaf child, the implications such an impairment has on development and language acquisition, and the adjustments made for such a child. Following an…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Communication Disorders, Communication Research, Communication Skills