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Peer reviewedMaxwell, Madeline M. – Sign Language Studies, 1983
A study examined whether deaf high school students' written English reflects their teachers' use of English sign markers in simultaneous communication by comparing the teachers' signed story with the students' interpretation. The students' output and teachers' input differed only in ways familiar from research on children's imitation and semantic…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Comprehension, Deafness, Interpretive Skills
Peer reviewedSiple, Patricia; And Others – American Annals of the Deaf, 1978
In order to investigate the role of visual perceptual abilities in the acquisition and comprehension of sign language, four tests of perceptual ability were administered to 120 entering hearing-impaired students and 23 new hearing staff members at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf. (Author)
Descriptors: Ability, Comprehension, Hearing Impairments, Higher Education
Kiernan, C. – Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, 1983
A review of studies in which signing or symbol use has been taught to autistic individuals suggests that these techniques can provide a means of communication and language development for the autistic, including mute and retarded children. (RH)
Descriptors: Autism, Children, Comprehension, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedHyde, M. B.; Power, D. J. – American Annals of the Deaf, 1992
The comprehension of 30 severely and profoundly deaf students (ages 10 to 17) was evaluated under 11 communication conditions involving individual and combined presentations of lipreading, listening, fingerspelling, and signed English. Severely deaf students scored higher than profoundly deaf students under all but one condition, and all students…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Communication Skills, Comprehension
Download full textGibbs, Elizabeth D.; And Others – 1990
The project evaluated the effectiveness of using Total Communication (simultaneous use of sign language and speech) with six infants with Down syndrome as a means of fostering communication while verbal skills and articulatory proficiency develop. Each child was seen within the home environment every second week through 24 months of age and once a…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Downs Syndrome, Early Intervention, Expressive Language
