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| Visual Perception | 2 |
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| Siple, Patricia | 2 |
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Peer reviewedSiple, Patricia; And Others – American Annals of the Deaf, 1978
In order to investigate the role of visual perceptual abilities in the acquisition and comprehension of sign language, four tests of perceptual ability were administered to 120 entering hearing-impaired students and 23 new hearing staff members at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf. (Author)
Descriptors: Ability, Comprehension, Hearing Impairments, Higher Education
Peer reviewedSiple, Patricia – Sign Language Studies, 1978
The article elaborates on the assumption that since sign languages are received and initially processed by the visual system, then the rules for the formation of signs of a sign language would be constrained by the limits of the visual system. (Author/NCR)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Communication Skills, Deaf Interpreting, Deafness
