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Peer reviewedSiple, Patricia – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1985
Introduces three papers (published in this issue) contrasting the development of gestures and sign language with spoken language in order to specify the nature of language plasticity (susceptibility to change) and robustness (invariance). Focuses on question of whether these are parallel systems or an integrated system with two forms of…
Descriptors: Children, Deafness, Language Acquisition, Oral Language
Peer reviewedOller, D. Kimbrough; Eilers, Rebecca E. – Child Development, 1988
A comparison of vocal development in deaf and hearing infants indicates that well-formed syllable production is established in the first 10 months of life by hearing infants but not by deaf infants, suggesting that audition plays an important role in vocal development. (PCB)
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Child Development, Deafness, Hearing (Physiology)
Peer reviewedMadison, Charles L.; Wong, Elizabeth Y. F. – Journal of Communication Disorders, 1992
This study, involving 20 children (ages 4-11) with severe hearing impairments, affirmed the content validity of the Clark-Madison Test of Oral Language as a measure of nonwritten expressive language with hearing-impaired children. Performance comparison with hearing individuals revealed a different profile of strengths and weaknesses than did…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Content Validity, Deafness, Elementary Education
