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Beal, Jennifer S. – Deafness & Education International, 2021
Few American Sign Language (ASL) assessments are readily available for educators to administer and score to document deaf students' skill levels and direct ASL instruction. Even fewer studies include deaf students with intellectual disabilities or document deaf students' ASL skills across time. The present study reports deaf school-aged students'…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Language Skills, Age Differences, Student Evaluation
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Halliday, Lorna F.; Tuomainen, Outi; Rosen, Stuart – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2017
Purpose: The goal of this study was to examine language development and factors related to language impairments in children with mild to moderate sensorineural hearing loss (MMHL). Method: Ninety children, aged 8-16 years (46 children with MMHL; 44 aged-matched controls), were administered a battery of standardized language assessments, including…
Descriptors: Hearing Impairments, Language Acquisition, Language Impairments, Severity (of Disability)
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Chapman, Robin S.; Hesketh, Linda J.; Kistler, Doris J. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2002
Longitudinal change in syntax comprehension and production skill, measured over six years, was modeled in 31 individuals (ages 5-20) with Down syndrome. The best fitting Hierarchical Linear Modeling model of comprehension uses age and visual and auditory short-term memory as predictors of initial status, and age for growth trajectory. (Contains…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Children, Comprehension