A signing-singing group was organized to help hearing students form friendships with their mainstreamed hearing impaired peers. (CL)

Two elementary hearing impaired students showed their ability to demonstrate which of several languages and/or systems was the most beneficial to them as an instructional communication tool. Findings had implications for teachers wishing to match language of instruction to the child's language preferences. (Author/CL)

Examination of linguistic and cognitive skills of 59 deaf students (7-15 years old) revealed that Ss whose parents consistently signed to them showed greater syntactic comprehension and more advanced operational skills than students whose parents signed less consistently. (Author/CL)

Examines the role played by relative clauses in American Sign Language. (FL)

Tutoring, as defined for this tipsheet, is a student-driven interaction in which a tutor is enlisted to explain and clarify academic content and/or instructions to a deaf or hard-of-hearing student. It is assumed that the tutor is not fluent in the use of sign language, the student's primary mode of communication is signed communication, tutoring…

This paper describes the use of Keresan Pueblo Indian Sign Language (KPISL) in one small, Keresan-speaking pueblo in central New Mexico, where 15 out of 650 tribal members have severe to profound hearing loss (twice the national average). KPISL did not originate for the same purposes as the Plains Indian Sign Language, (PISL) which was developed…

An example of semoitics illustrating the Mycenaean and Minoan language system is used to illustrate innovative teaching methods. (RL)

Author presents data on Washoe, a chimpanzee taught American Sign Language; he concludes that this represents true language learning. (SP)

Videotaped interaction of six infants, some deaf and some hearing, shows comparable stages and sequences of communicative development; the use of performative gestures or single vocalizations; use of referential gestures; combination of signs, gestures, and words; and signs combined with signs or words with words. (MSE)

The effect of a captioned and a signed visual training aid to teach 60 deaf college students cardiopulmonary resuscitation was studied. (Author/SW)

Two experiments involving a seven-year-old trainable developmentally retarded boy demonstrated the effectiveness of an integrative language training model on the S's functional use of sign language. The model relied on delay and incidental teaching. (CL)

Signs were used successfully with a blind 10-year-old autistic girl. After eight months of training, she was able to acquire a functional sign vocabulary relying primarily on the tactile-kinesthetic and the auditory modalities. This newly acquired skill had a beneficial impact on the child's general functioning. (Author)