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Peer reviewedLuetke-Stahlman, Barbara – Volta Review, 1988
The study compared scores on a literacy battery of hearing-impaired subjects exposed to either an instructional communication system that attempts to completely encode a language (e.g. oral English, Signing Exact English) or to signed systems that incompletely encode spoken English. Students using the completely encoded language tended to perform…
Descriptors: Communication Aids (for Disabled), Hearing Impairments, Language Acquisition, Sign Language
Peer reviewedCleary, Miranda; Pisoni, David B.; Kirk, Karen Iler – Volta Review, 2000
A study investigated whether differences in working memory could account for variance in word recognition and receptive vocabulary skills of children (ages 5-16) using oral communication (n=32) and total communication (n=29). A contribution from working memory was observed only for the span tasks that incorporated an auditory processing component.…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Cochlear Implants, Deafness, Early Childhood Education
Peer reviewedYoshinaga-Itano, Christine; And Others – Volta Review, 1996
Discusses three studies: (1) the effectiveness of semantic analyses of written narratives of students with hearing losses in determining language ability; (2) written-language characteristics of writers matched by reading abilities alone and matched by reading ability and age; and (3) written-language characteristics of writers with hearing…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Deafness, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
