Language development of three prelingually deaf preschool children in a cued speech program was videotaped and analyzed by frequency of gestures, cues, and speech. Results suggest early introduction of cued speech does not materially aid spoken language development of profoundly deaf children. (MSE)

This document is designed to provide educators with an objective synthesis of the current research on language development in children who are deaf. The materials reviewed were primarily peer-reviewed articles published in the last 10 years. Only references that focus primarily on deafness were included; however, some studies also involved…

The paper reports on a study of the rate of language learning of 12 children aged 2 to 10 with severe to profound bilateral hearing losses. Intended to help deaf children learn spoken language at the same rate as average hearing Ss, the intervention stressed three qualities of linguistic information: (1) clarity, (2) appropriateness, and (3)…