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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
Peer reviewedSchaeffer, Benson; And Others – Sign Language Studies, 1977
A discussion of techniques developed to foster spontaneous verbal language in autistic children. Signed speech refers to the simultaneous production of signs and speech. After several months of this, the signs are faded out and the verbal language remaining is employed in a creative fashion. (AMH)
Descriptors: Autism, Handicapped Children, Language Acquisition, Language Handicaps
Download full textStokoe, William C. – 1976
"Verbal" and "nonverbal" are confused and confusing terms. Gestural phenomena in semiotic use--gSigns--are called nonverbal but work in three major ways, only the first of which is unrelated to the highly encoded (verbal) activity called language. A gSign may: (1) have a general meaning: "yes,""no,""who…
Descriptors: Finger Spelling, Language Handicaps, Language Skills, Linguistic Theory
Deuchar, Margaret – 1976
This 24-item annotated bibliography is intended to facilitate introduction to the field of sign language studies. It lists selected published works in English in which sign language is viewed from several different aspects, including: theoretical studies (nos. 1, 5, 6, 19, 20 and 21); works relating Sign to other visual communication systems (nos.…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Language Acquisition, Language Handicaps, Language Research
Peer reviewedSilverman, Franklin H.; Silverman, Ellen-Marie – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1971
Descriptors: Anxiety, Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Communication (Thought Transfer)
Peer reviewedMcCay, Vernon; And Others – Sign Language Studies, 1979
Discusses the potential of sign language as a tool in teaching reading to normal hearing children and the success of this method with individuals who have various communication disorders. (EJS)
Descriptors: Deafness, Finger Spelling, Language Handicaps, Language Instruction
Peer reviewedMoores, Donald F. – School Psychology Digest, 1978
The history and development of various sign languages in Europe and America are described, and the characteristics of manual communication systems are discussed. Modifications of sign language have been used to communicate with nonvocal austic children, severely language-delayed children, and retarded adults. (CTM)
Descriptors: Autism, Deafness, Delayed Speech, Language Handicaps
Peer reviewedOxman, Joel; And Others – Sign Language Studies, 1978
Motivational factors and unique characteristics of sign language systems are suggested as contributing to the ability of severely dysfunctional nonverbal children to make progress within a manual communication medium. (Author/EJS)
Descriptors: Autism, Cognitive Development, Delayed Speech, Emotional Disturbances
Peer reviewedKacena, Carolyn – Journal of Library Administration, 1987
Describes the situations encountered in an academic library when hiring and training hearing impaired individuals as technicians in the library's cataloging department, as well as the support systems and training modifications used for these employees. (CLB)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Affirmative Action, American Sign Language, Employment Practices
Peer reviewedPoizner, Howard – Science, 1981
Reviews a study on deaf native sign language. Indicates that the modification of natural perceptual categories after language acquisition is not bound to a particular transmission modality, but rather can be a more general consequence of acquiring a formal linguistic system. (Author/SK)
Descriptors: College Science, Communication (Thought Transfer), Deafness, Expressive Language
Sharkey, William F. – 1987
Noting that when a deaf child is born to hearing parents, problems arise due to the language barrier, this paper discusses the kinds of disruptions hearing parents experience with the birth of a deaf child, the implications such an impairment has on development and language acquisition, and the adjustments made for such a child. Following an…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Communication Disorders, Communication Research, Communication Skills
