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Rosalind Herman Gelbart, Editor; Charlotte Enns, Editor – Oxford University Press, 2025
"Communication Interventions with Deaf People" concerns the application of spoken, signed, and written language interventions with deaf and hard of hearing children, young people, and adults. Exploring the work that speech and language therapists, pathologists, deaf language specialists, and other professionals carry out with deaf…
Descriptors: Deafness, Hard of Hearing, Interpersonal Communication, Language Usage
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Mckee, Rachel – Sign Language Studies, 2017
New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL) became an official language (NZSL Act 2006) when its vitality was already under pressure. Even though its institutional status has improved recently, the traditional community domains of NZSL use and transmission are apparently shrinking inasmuch as most of the deaf children who have cochlear implants are acquiring…
Descriptors: Sign Language, Official Languages, Deafness, Assistive Technology
Curtis, Daniel B. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Research evaluating augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) options shows general support for various strategies (e.g., manual sign, picture exchange) in teaching individuals with autism (ASD) and intellectual disabilities (ID) to request basic wants and needs. However, the overall quality and quantity of research is diluted by the…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Autism, Mental Retardation, Comparative Analysis