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Luetke-Stahlman, Barbara; Tyrrell, Amy J. – ACEHI Journal/Revue ACEDA, 1995
Thirty-eight hearing adults' ability to comprehend English homonyms was evaluated from their transcriptions of two versions of a videotaped story, signed in either a literal sign model (Seeing Essential English 2) or a conceptual sign model (Pidgin Sign English). Participants' transcriptions were more successful after watching the literal version.…
Descriptors: Adults, Comprehension, Figurative Language, Hearing Impairments
Peer reviewedReed, Charlotte M.; And Others – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1995
Experienced deaf-blind users (N=10) of sign language tested their ability to receive signed messages including isolated signs and sentences. A set of 122 isolated signs was received with an average accuracy of 87%. Signed sentence reception accuracy ranged from 60-85%, with errors accounted for primarily by deletions and phonological or…
Descriptors: Adults, Comprehension, Deaf Blind, Error Analysis (Language)
Peer reviewedMallery-Ruganis, Dominique; Fischer, Susan – American Annals of the Deaf, 1991
Videotapes of simultaneous communication users were analyzed by three sign language professionals. Successful simultaneous communication was characterized by clear lip movement, fingerspelling of ambiguous signs, eye contact, communication of mood and attitude, modality match, and grammatical facial expression. Matching the semantically…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Deaf Interpreting, Deafness, Elementary Secondary Education
