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Direct linkElaine Gale; Amber Martin – Discover Education, 2024
Deaf people use visual language and communication strategies naturally. Moreover, hearing people (both young children and adults) can also benefit from sign language and the visual strategies that deaf parents and teachers use with young children, an example of deaf gain. This paper will provide an overview of the concept of deaf gain, review…
Descriptors: Deafness, American Sign Language, Young Children, Visual Learning
Peer reviewedShelton, Ivy Skaife; Garves, Mary Mertes – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1985
The paper describes the development of Signed Target Phoneme (STP) Therapy, using the hand shapes of the Americal Manual Alphabet to cue phonemes. Adding STP to traditional therapy methods with a five-year-old boy diagnosed as having developmental apraxia of speech revealed a positive relationship between application of STP procedures and a more…
Descriptors: Sign Language, Speech Handicaps, Speech Therapy, Visual Learning
Peer reviewedRatner, Vivienne – American Annals of the Deaf, 1988
The Test of Visual Perceptual Abilities and the Test of Spatial Perception in Sign Language were developed and administered to 682 hearing-impaired students, aged 8-18. Results showed that a significant relationship exists between visual perceptual abilities and the ability to comprehend the essential spatial components of sign language.…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Diagnostic Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Handicap Identification
