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Rees, Norma S. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1992
This article addresses the concept of communication and social role including dimensions of speaker-listener relations, speaking options in these relations, and implications of language/learning-disabled individuals' failure to appreciate these dimensions and options. (DB)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Communication Skills, Ethnography, Expressive Language
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Hadadian, Azar; Rose, Susan – American Annals of the Deaf, 1991
This study examined the relationship between mothers' and fathers' attitudes toward deafness and the communication skills of their preschool hearing-impaired children (n=30). Significant correlations were found between fathers' scores on the Attitude to Deafness Scale and the language comprehension scores of their children. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Attitudes toward Disabilities, Communication Skills, Comprehension, Deafness
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Edwards, Jan; Lahey, Margaret – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 1999
This study compared picture-naming ability of 66 children (ages 4:3 to 9:7), half with expressive-only language deficits (SLI-exp) and half with receptive and expressive language (SLI-mix) deficits, with 66 children with no language impairment.Specific language impairment (SLI) children made more errors than controls and SLI-exp children made more…
Descriptors: Children, Clinical Diagnosis, Error Analysis (Language), Expressive Language
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McCathren, Rebecca B.; Yoder, Paul J.; Warren, Steven F. – Journal of Children's Communication Development, 1999
Fifty-eight toddlers with developmental delays participated in a 12-month longitudinal study of the relationship between prelinguistic representational ability and later expressive vocabulary. Results indicated that representational play was a significant predictor of later expressive vocabulary, but vocabulary comprehension was not. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Comprehension, Developmental Delays, Expressive Language, Longitudinal Studies
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Olofsson, Ake; Niedersoe, Jan – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1999
A study involving 205 children from the Danish island of Bornholm found significant paths from early language abilities at age 3 through expressive and receptive language in kindergarten via language awareness in kindergarten and word decoding in grade 2 to sentence reading in grades 3 and 4. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Elementary Education, Expressive Language, Foreign Countries
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Gibbs, Simon – Educational Research, 2004
Two groups of children with moderate bilateral sensorineural hearing loss were studied. Tests of reading and underpinning skills were administered. Comparisons were made with normally hearing children of the same age. While reading levels were found to be similar to their hearing peers, the phonological awareness and receptive vocabularies of the…
Descriptors: Phonological Awareness, Vocabulary Development, Reading Skills, Hearing Impairments
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Broomfield, Jan; Dodd, Barbara – International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 2004
Background: There has been no previous incidence survey of children referred to a speech and language therapy service in the UK. Previous studies of prevalence of specific communication difficulties provide contradictory data from which it is difficult to plan speech and language therapy service provision. Reliable data are needed concerning the…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Therapy, Standardized Tests, Measures (Individuals)
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McInnes, Alison; Fung, Daniel; Manassis, Katharina; Fiksenbaum, Lisa; Tannock, Rosemary – American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 2004
Selective mutism (SM) is a rare and complex disorder associated with anxiety symptoms and speech-language deficits; however, the nature of these language deficits has not been studied systematically. A novel cross-disciplinary assessment protocol was used to assess anxiety and nonverbal cognitive, receptive language, and expressive narrative…
Descriptors: Language Impairments, Receptive Language, Expressive Language, Anxiety
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Seung, HyeKyeung; Holmes, Alice; Colburn, Michelle – Volta Review, 2005
This study was a longitudinal examination (21 month follow-up) of language development in a pair of fraternal twins. One twin received a cochlear implant at age 20 months secondary to sensorineural hearing loss. The other twin had normal hearing. Data were obtained every 6 months following her initial cochlear implant stimulation. Both twins…
Descriptors: Twins, Hearing Impairments, Assistive Technology, Vocabulary Skills
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Sams, Kathryn; Collins, Suzanne; Reynolds, Shirley – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2006
Background: There is a need to develop and adapt therapies for use with people with learning disabilities who have mental health problems. Aims: To examine the performance of people with learning disabilities on two cognitive therapy tasks (emotion recognition and discrimination among thoughts, feelings and behaviours). We hypothesized that…
Descriptors: Stimuli, Mental Retardation, Intelligence Quotient, Cognitive Restructuring
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Alves, Sonia Santos; Mendes, Luis – Language and Intercultural Communication, 2006
This paper discusses strategies of intercomprehension in the context of the promotion of plurilingualism and intercultural competence in Europe. Plurilingualism and intercomprehension are concepts of particular importance in the multilingual and multicultural European context. These are explicit aims and requirements of the European Union when…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Multilingualism, Cultural Pluralism, Foreign Countries
Irmsher, Karen – 1996
On average, leaders are engaged in one form or another of communication for about 70 percent of their waking moments. This digest provides suggestions for school leaders who want to increase the effectiveness of those interactions. A first step is to recognize that listening is the skill most essential to effective communication. Other skills of…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Communication Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Interpersonal Relationship
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Erber, Normal P. – Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 1975
Reviewed are clinical and laboratory studies on the auditory-visual perception of speech by normal and hearing impaired children and adults. (Author/LS)
Descriptors: Adults, Audiology, Auditory Perception, Children
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Binnie, Carl A.; And Others – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1974
Descriptors: Adults, Articulation (Speech), Auditory Perception, Auditory Training
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Semel, Eleanor M.; Wiig, Elisabeth H. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1975
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Expressive Language, Identification, Language Handicaps
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