Structural analysis of narratives produced by normal-hearing and deaf children

This dissertation presents two experiments investigating the structural analysis of narratives produced by normal-hearing and hearing-impaired children. The results suggest that the evaluation of deaf children’s language at a discourse level is both possible and more relevant to academic achievement than traditional assessment procedures that focus on assessing language at a word, phrase or sentence level.

Does systematic instruction in rhythmic movement influence the speech of the deaf

This paper discusses the influence of rhythm in teaching of hearing impaired children.

Facilitating educational integration of the hearing-impaired child: a proposed integration program for Central Institute for the Deaf

This paper discusses mainstreaming for the hearing impaired.

Speech perception through profoundly deaf ears

This paper is a review of a study done with an Oscillascope to determine if the sensory input would be of benefit to a profoundly deaf child.

Adapting the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test for deaf children

This paper examines adapting the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT), a receptive vocabulary test, for hearing-impaired children.

An analysis of the language of certain social study textbooks pertinent to instruction of deaf children

This paper discusses the results of a study of social studies textbooks suitable for hearing impaired children.

Social-emotional adustment in deaf children: An investigation of the relationship between academic and speech perception abilities to social-emotional adjustment

This paper discusses the results of a study undertaken to determine if there is a relationship between psychological variables and cognitive or academic variables among hearing-impaired children.

A report on the language instruction provided to a group of deaf children

This paper is a summary of a course of language instruction provided to a group of deaf children over the course of one year.

Recognizing emotion in illustrations and photographs: Comparing responses of children who are deaf or hard of hearing with those of children with normal hearing

Recognizing emotions are something children do everyday, whether it is identifying that mom is sad because she lost her job or that a character in a story is mad because no one will listen to him. The purpose of this study is to find out if recognizing emotions is easier to do with realistic photographs or illustrations.

Vowel target articulation of the deaf

This paper discusses a study to demonstrate improvement in vowel articulation ability by direct acoustic measurement of the format frequencies of vowels before and after training.

Use of the storage oscilloscope to train deaf children to convey meaning in sentences through intonation control

This paper is a review of a study to determine if profoundly deaf adolescents could be trained in intonation control in using a two-channel storage oscilloscope.

The development of language and communicative behaviors in deaf/hearing twins

This paper examines language development in twins--one that is hearing and the other that is hearing impaired.

Auditory word-recognition by young deaf children

This paper reviews a study of a speech discrimination test for young profoundly deaf children.

Central Institute for the Deaf's assistive listening device catalogue: includes descriptions, photographs and prices

This paper presents a catalogue of assistive listening devices (including descriptions, photographs and descriptions) available at the assistive listening device center at Central Institute for the Deaf.

Comparison of two single-channel tactile aids for the deaf

This paper reviews a study to compare two commercially available single-channel tactile aids for the deaf.