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Download full textMcEntee, Lisa J. – 1994
This paper investigates several features of deaf mothers' behavior that have been identified as playing crucial roles in facilitating natural language acquisition in deaf children, including gaining the attention of the child, modification of the structure and content of adult language or motherese, and maintenance of communication and periods of…
Descriptors: Caregiver Speech, Child Language, Deafness, Foreign Countries
Gibbs, Elizabeth D.; Carswell, Lynn E. – 1988
Down Syndrome children exhibit language delays, particularly in expressive abilities, more severe than would be anticipated from their cognitive level alone. This research project sought to develop a procedure for introducing total communication into the home environment of prelinguistic Down Syndrome infants and for comparing the relative…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Language, Comparative Analysis, Downs Syndrome
