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A Sociolinguistic Profile of the Peruvian Deaf Community
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Parks, Elizabeth; Parks, Jason – Sign Language Studies, 2010
A sociolinguistic survey of the sign language used by the deaf communities of Peru was conducted in November and December of 2007. For eight weeks, our survey team visited six deaf communities in the cities of Lima, Arequipa, Cusco, Trujillo, Chiclayo, and Iquitos. Using sociolinguistic questionnaires and recorded text testing (RTT) tools, we…
Descriptors: Deafness, Foreign Countries, Sign Language, Sociolinguistics
Psychosocial Development in a Danish Population of Children with Cochlear Implants and Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children
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Dammeyer, Jesper – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2010
Research has shown a prevalence of psychosocial difficulties ranging from about 20% to 50% among children with hearing loss. This study evaluates the prevalence of psychosocial difficulties in a Danish population in relation to different explanatory variables. Five scales and questionnaires measuring sign language, spoken language, hearing…
Descriptors: Speech, Incidence, Sign Language, Oral Language
Use of Picture Dictionaries to Promote Functional Communication in Students with Deafness and Intellectual Disabilities
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Allgood, Margaret Highnote; Heller, Kathryn Wolff; Easterbrooks, Susan R.; Fredrick, Laura D. – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2009
A mismatch of communication modalities can occur between students who communicate using sign language and coworkers at community-based vocational sites who do not use sign language. This study investigated the use of picture dictionaries to facilitate note writing as a form of expressive communication for students who were deaf and had mild to…
Descriptors: Dictionaries, Visual Aids, Deafness, Mental Retardation
An Investigation of the Need for Sign Language Assessment in Deaf Education
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Mann, Wolfgang; Prinz, Philip M. – American Annals of the Deaf, 2006
The attitudes of educators of the deaf and other professionals in deaf education concerning assessment of the use of American Sign Language (ASL) and other sign systems was investigated. A questionnaire was distributed to teachers in a residential school for the deaf in California. In addition to questions regarding the availability of sign…
Descriptors: Residential Schools, American Sign Language, Deafness, Student Evaluation
Approaches to Studying and Perceptions of Academic Quality in Deaf and Hearing Students in Higher Education
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Richardson, John TE; Barnes, Lynne; Fleming, Joan – Deafness and Education International, 2004
Deaf students at two institutions of higher education and hearing students taking the same degree programmes completed the Course Experience Questionnaire and a short version of the Approaches to Studying Inventory. The deaf students were just as likely as the hearing students to adopt a meaning orientation to their studies but were more likely to…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Student Attitudes, Sign Language, Deafness
Criterion Validity of the Language Background Questionnaire: A Self-Assessment Instrument.
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Metz, Dale Evan; And Others – Journal of Communication Disorders, 1997
Students who are deaf or hard of hearing (n=231) used the Language Background Questionnaire (LBQ) to self assess their sign language and spoken communication skills. Formal independent estimates of these skills were also conducted. Comparison of results indicates a high degree of congruence between the self and formal assessments, which…
Descriptors: College Students, Communication Research, Concurrent Validity, Deafness
Sign Language Interpreter Needs Assessment.
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Oakland Community Coll., Farmington, MI. Office of Institutional Planning and Analysis. – 1991
In 1991, a study was conducted by Oakland Community College (OCC) in order to evaluate the need for a proposed Sign Language Interpreter program. OCC's study focused on validating and updating findings from a similar research project begun in fall 1989 by Macomb Community College (MCC) in Warren, Michigan. Federal and state legislation, data from…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Deaf Interpreting, Employer Attitudes, Employment Projections