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Stewart, David A. – A.C.E.H.I. Journal, 1987
The study of effects of mode (manual only, manual plus oral, and manual plus oral plus aural) and language (Signed English or American Sign Language) on the comprehension of deaf students (mean age 16 years) found no significant treatment effect for mode of presentation; there was an interaction between languages and mode. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Comprehension, Deafness, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedGrove, Carl; Rodda, Michael – American Annals of the Deaf, 1984
Receptive communication skills of 118 severely and profoundly deaf persons, (9-20 years old) were assessed by a multiple-choice pictorial test. The most efficient method of communication was found to be reading, followed by total communication and manual communication; oral methods were clearly the least effective. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Hearing Impairments, Manual Communication
Gibbs, Elizabeth D.; Carswell, Lynn E. – 1988
Down Syndrome children exhibit language delays, particularly in expressive abilities, more severe than would be anticipated from their cognitive level alone. This research project sought to develop a procedure for introducing total communication into the home environment of prelinguistic Down Syndrome infants and for comparing the relative…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Language, Comparative Analysis, Downs Syndrome
