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Mann, Wolfgang; Sheng, Li; Morgan, Gary – Language Learning, 2016
This study compared the lexical-semantic organization skills of bilingually developing deaf children in American Sign Language (ASL) and English with those of a monolingual hearing group. A repeated meaning-association paradigm was used to assess retrieval of semantic relations in deaf 6-10-year-olds exposed to ASL from birth by their deaf…
Descriptors: Semantics, American Sign Language, Hearing (Physiology), English
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Crowe, Kathryn; McLeod, Sharynne; Ching, Teresa Y. C. – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2012
Understanding the cultural and linguistic diversity of young children with hearing loss informs the provision of assessment, habilitation, and education services to both children and their families. Data describing communication mode, oral language use, and demographic characteristics were collected for 406 children with hearing loss and their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Deafness, Young Children, Individual Characteristics
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Wiefferink, C. H.; Spaai, G. W. G.; Uilenburg, N.; Vermeij, B. A. M.; De Raeve, L. – Deafness and Education International, 2008
In the present study, language development of Dutch children with a cochlear implant (CI) in a bilingual educational setting and Flemish children with a CI in a dominantly monolingual educational setting is compared. In addition, we compared the development of spoken language with the development of sign language in Dutch children. Eighteen…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cross Cultural Studies, Hearing Impairments, Comparative Analysis