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.

A proposed plan for using Dr. Marie Carbo's tape-recorded books to improve word recognition skills in children with cochlear implants

This paper studies the effectiveness of the recorded books and teaching method developed by Dr. Marie Carbo in the aural habilitation of pre-lingual deaf children with cochlear implants.

Twelve sequence stories for use as part of reading curriculum for deaf children

This paper discusses the use of sight vocabulary drills, experience and sequence stories, pre-primers, basal readers and text books as part of a reading curriculum for hearing-impaired children.

Children with hearing loss who also have special talents

Access to thesis is restricted. Contact Archives and Rare Books. This paper discusses children who have special learning problems.

Comparing two receptive vocabulary tests: The receptive one word vocabulary test and the peabody picture vocabulary test

This paper discusses a study to determine whether the Receptive One Word Picture Vocabulary Test is more useful than the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test in assessing the vocabularies of hearing imparied children.

Hearing-aid volume control adjustment by deaf children

This paper examines hearing aid volume control adjustments by deaf children. Specifically the study looks at how accurately deaf children set the volume controls of their hearing aids, if deaf children are able to comprehend the effects of talker-microphone distance on stimulus intensity, and do deaf children use their hearing aids to monitor their own voices. Access to thesis is restricted. Contact Archives and Rare Books.