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Peer reviewedHodges, Patricia; Schwethelm, Bettina – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1984
Describes a study in which two nonspeech communication systems were evaluated with respect to their efficacy for use with profoundly retarded nonspeech children. Results show that 53 profoundly retarded children who have failed to acquire expressive linguistic skills can succeed with some alternative nonspeech symbol systems, especially with…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Children, Language Handicaps, Manual Communication
