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Knell, Susan M.; Klonoff, Elizabeth A. – Journal of Communication Disorders, 1983
Fourteen deaf elementary children (eight from total communication and six from oral classes) and seven non-hearing-impaired peers were given tasks designed to elicit spontaneous language. Results favored hearing children on all measures. When comparing the two deaf groups, few differences emerged in measures of verbal output and communicativeness.…
Descriptors: Deafness, Elementary Education, Language Acquisition, Manual Communication