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Peer reviewedGoppold, Laura – American Annals of the Deaf, 1988
A review of 12 investigations concerning longterm academic effects of early intervention for preschool hearing-impaired children suggests that children with severe/profound hearing losses before age two who receive total communication in a cognitive-oriented parent-infant language program will be more successful academically than similar children…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Deafness, Hearing Impairments
Download full textMoores, Donald F.; And Others – 1974
Presented is the fourth year report of a 4-year longitudinal study comparing effectiveness of seven preschool programs for deaf children. Schools are seen to emphasize either an oral-aural, Rochester (Oral-aural plus finger spelling), or total communication method of instruction. Included in the report are a brief review of literature on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Deafness, Early Childhood Education, Exceptional Child Research
Heiling, Kerstin – 1995
This study examined whether the level of academic achievement changed when deaf pupils in Sweden were introduced to sign communication at the preschool or kindergarten level. The study compared performance of 40 deaf students, attending a school for the deaf, on a comprehensive testing program (covering Swedish language and mathematical and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Bilingual Education, Congenital Impairments
