As a group, children with hearing loss demonstrate delays in language development relative to their peers with normal hearing. Early intervention has a profound impact on language outcomes in children with hearing loss. Data examining the relationship between degree of hearing loss and language outcomes are variable. Two approaches are used in the…

To study the effectiveness of an interdisciplinary approach, 14 students with good speech and hearing discrimination were selected from the class entering the National Technical Institute for the Deaf in 1979 and compared with a matched control group selected from data on 1978 students. (Author/PHR)

A survey of 487 speech-language pathologists, audiologists, and educators providing services to children with hearing loss described their demographic characteristics and perceived adequacy of preprofessional training. Pathologists felt prepared in the fundamentals of speech and language but less prepared in audiology, deafness, and clinical…

PUBLICATIONS RELATED TO SPEECH PATHOLOGY AND AUDIOLOGY ARE LISTED SEQUENTIALLY BY DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM NUMBER OR VERTICAL FILE NUMBER. THE 266 BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, AND JOURNAL REPRINTS RANGE IN PUBLICATION DATE FROM 1892 TO 1966 AND ARE FROM THE MANTOR LIBRARY AT FARMINGTON STATE COLLEGE. THIS CATALOG IS PART OF A SERIES OF SUBJECT CATALOGS LISTING…

This booklet presents knowledge, attitudes, and educational ideas on how to give deaf children the support they need to develop. It focuses on the fundamental and comprehensive needs of deaf children, using methods and ideas that can be adjusted to countries without great technical resources. The first chapter examines the importance of language…

Most deaf children are born to hearing parents. Many of these parents have little or no knowledge of deafness and what it means for their child, themselves, or their family. This book introduces parents of deaf children to the aspects of deafness they will want to know more about. The book can be read as a whole, as it is designed to take a…

THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ORAL EDUCATION OF THE DEAF ARE THE WRITTEN RECORD OF A CONFERENCE HELD AT CLARKE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AND LEXINGTON SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF IN JUNE 1967. VOLUME I CONTAINS THE PAPERS FROM FIVE PLENARY SESSIONS AND SEVERAL SECTIONAL MEETINGS PRESENTED BY REPRESENTATIVES FROM 16 COUNTRIES. SUBJECTS…