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Peer reviewedHarris, Margaret – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2001
The signed and spoken language produced by 14 mothers (7 deaf and 7 hearing) to their 18-month-old deaf children was analyzed. Deaf mothers were more successful in presenting signed utterances with a salient context visible to their children. For both groups, visible and salient signed utterances were positively correlated with mothers' success in…
Descriptors: Attention Control, Deafness, Interpersonal Communication, Mothers
Peer reviewedSpencer, Patricia – Perspectives in Education and Deafness, 1998
Offers hearing parents of deaf infants guidelines on communicating with their child based on changes that deaf mothers make in their signing when talking to their deaf baby. Guidelines focus on restricting language, sign repetition, dramatic expression, waiting for the child's attention, tapping to gain attention, and visual leading. (DB)
Descriptors: Caregiver Speech, Deafness, Interpersonal Communication, Language Acquisition
