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Sign Effects in Spoken Word Learning by Oral Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children, and by Hearing Children
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van Berkel-van Hoof, Lian; Hermans, Daan; Knoors, Harry; Verhoeven, Ludo – First Language, 2020
Previous research found a beneficial effect of augmentative signs (signs from a sign language used alongside speech) on spoken word learning by signing deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) children. The present study compared oral DHH children, and hearing children in a condition with babble noise in order to investigate whether prolonged experience…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Hearing Impairments, Deafness, Sign Language
Visual Cortex Entrains to Sign Language
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Brookshire, Geoffrey; Lu, Jenny; Nusbaum, Howard; Goldin-Meadow, Susan; Casasanto, Daniel – Grantee Submission, 2017
Despite immense variability across languages, people can learn to understand any human language, spoken or signed. What neural mechanisms allow people to comprehend language across sensory modalities? When people listen to speech, electrophysiological oscillations in auditory cortex entrain to slow (<8 Hz) fluctuations in the acoustic envelope.…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Visual Perception, Auditory Perception, Learning Modalities
Reference Tracking in Early Stages of Different Modality L2 Acquisition: Limited Over-Explicitness in Novice ASL Signers' Referring Expressions
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Frederiksen, Anne Therese; Mayberry, Rachel I. – Second Language Research, 2019
Previous research on reference tracking has revealed a tendency towards over-explicitness in second language (L2) learners. Only limited evidence exists that this trend extends to situations where the learner's first and second languages do not share a sensory-motor modality. Using a story-telling paradigm, this study examined how hearing novice…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, American Sign Language, Native Language, Psychomotor Skills
Bimodal Bilinguals Co-Activate Both Languages during Spoken Comprehension
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Shook, Anthony; Marian, Viorica – Cognition, 2012
Bilinguals have been shown to activate their two languages in parallel, and this process can often be attributed to overlap in input between the two languages. The present study examines whether two languages that do not overlap in input structure, and that have distinct phonological systems, such as American Sign Language (ASL) and English, are…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Phonology, English, American Sign Language
Windows into Sensory Integration and Rates in Language Processing: Insights from Signed and Spoken Languages
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Hwang, So-One K. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This dissertation explores the hypothesis that language processing proceeds in "windows" that correspond to representational units, where sensory signals are integrated according to time-scales that correspond to the rate of the input. To investigate universal mechanisms, a comparison of signed and spoken languages is necessary. Underlying the…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Language Processing, Testing, Morphemes
Communication Fact Sheets for Parents.
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Stremel, Kathleen; Bixler, Betsy; Morgan, Susanne; Layton, Kristen – 2002
This booklet contains 28 fact sheets on communication written primarily for parents and families with a child who is deaf-blind. They attempt to address fundamental but complex issues related to the communication needs of children with vision and hearing impairments. Each fact sheet targets a specific area, including: (1) communication; (2)…
Descriptors: Assistive Technology, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Braille