Cumulating evidence suggests that the establishment of high-quality phonological representations is the "cognitive precursor" that facilitates the acquisition of language (spoken, signed, and written). The authors present two studies that contrast the nature of bilingual profoundly deaf children's phonological representations derived…

Traditional research on the written language of hearing-impaired persons has tended to support a position of deviant language processing in such individuals. The major reason for such findings has been directly related to the lack of appropriate control groups. Recent studies which have emphasized the comparison of the language of hearing-impaired…

A study of dialogue journal interaction between an instructor of both deaf and hearing community college students revealed that the instructor individualized journal responses according to individual students' language comprehension ability, motivation, learning style, and interests. (CB) (Adjunct ERIC Clearinghouse on Literacy Education)