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Scott, Jessica A.; Henner, Jonathan – Deafness & Education International, 2021
Signing systems that attempted to represent spoken language via manual signs -- some invented, and some borrowed from natural sign languages -- have historically been used in classrooms with deaf children. However, despite decades of research and use of these systems in the classroom, there is little evidence supporting their educational…
Descriptors: Deafness, Hearing Impairments, American Sign Language, Teaching Methods
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Whitehead, Robert L.; Schiavetti, Nicholas; Metz, Dale Evan; Gallant, Deborah; Whitehead, Brenda H. – Journal of Communication Disorders, 2000
A study investigated prosodic variables of syllable stress and intonation contours in speech produced during the simultaneous communication (SC) of ten hearing sign language users. Results indicated longer sentence duration for SC than speech only conditions. Vowel duration and frequency differences between stressed and unstressed syllables were…
Descriptors: Adults, Children, Deafness, Intonation
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Simon, Arthur B. – Volta Review, 1974
Reviewed are growth, activities, and changes of the Oral Deaf Adults Section (ODAS) of the Alexander Graham Bell Association since its establishment in 1964 to aid adjustment of the deaf to society. (MC)
Descriptors: Adults, Deafness, Exceptional Child Services, Hearing Impairments
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Furfey, Paul Hanly – American Annals of the Deaf, 1974
Descriptors: Adults, Communication Skills, Community Surveys, Deafness