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Peer reviewedDesselle, Debra D. – American Annals of the Deaf, 1994
This study of 53 deaf adolescents at a residential school and their parents found that parents who used total communication had children whose self-esteem scores were higher than those of children whose parents used an oral-only method of communication. A positive relationship was also found between student self-esteem and reading level.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Deafness, Family Environment, Interpersonal Communication
