The effects of the SKILL Program on the language and socialization of hearing impaired children

This study will examine the effects of the SKILL Program on the social and pragmatic skills of the hearing-impaired children in the Pre-K department of the Central Institute for the Deaf. It will assess language and social skills necessary for the children to be successful in the mainstream and how having hearing peers may have contributed to their gaining of those skills.

Applicability of the CID grammatical analysis of elicted language-simple sentence level to children educated in total communication

This paper discusses a study to determine the applicability of the CID GAEL Test-Simple Sentence Level test to hearing impaired children educated in a total communication setting.

An examination of the appropriateness of the CID grammatical analysis of elicted language as an instrument to compare language acquisition in deaf children enrolled in cued speech vs. oral and signed english programs

This paper discusses a study to compare test results of the CID GAEL test among hearing impaired children who are enrolled in cued speech vs. oral vs. signed english programs.

Evaluation of the effectiveness of using DVDs to elicit language for children who are deaf or hard of hearing

This study examines the effectiveness of utilizing a DVD software program to teach specific language structures to children who are deaf or hard of hearing. This study includes a literary review of previous studies that evaluated the effectiveness of using technology to teach language to children who exhibited language delays.

How the listener's experience influences the rating of the intelligibility of hearing-impaired children's speech

This paper discusses the importance of listener experience as a factor when developing intelligibility measures for hearing impaired children.

A follow-up study of the academic achievement of hearing impaired children

This paper discusses a study to evaluate the academic progress of former students from CID including those who remained in special programs and those who were mainstreamed into regular public schools.

Identification of issues encountered by deaf educators working with multiply involved children and the related emotional affects that go along with intervention

This paper discusses common issues deaf educators face that are not directly related to a child’s hearing impairment and thus often outside the educators’ area of expertise. The study also identifies a range of emotions early interventionists experience while working with children with multiple impairments.

A comparison of scores of deaf and hearing children on the Hiskey Test of learning ability and on performance scales

This paper discusses the Hiskey Test of learning ability and its use on hearing impaired and normal hearing children.

The applicability of The Test of Word Knowledge to hearing-impaired children

This paper evaluates a receptive and expressive vocabulary test, The Test of Word Knowledge, to determine its applicability to deaf students and to compare its results with other vocabulary tests.

The value to deaf children of an extra-curricular reading activity

This paper discusses a proposal for extra curricular activities in deaf schools to help promote literacy for hearing impaired children.

The effect and the use of the typewriter upon the reading and language of deaf children

This paper discusses a study to determine if the use of a typewriter had an effect on the reading ability of hearing impaired children.

Survey of hearing-impaired adults and parents of hearing-impaired children and their knowledge of the Americans with Disabilities Act

This paper discusses the results of a survey about awareness of the American with Disabilities Act.

An analysis of the achievement of deaf children on a standardized vocabulary test

This paper examines the vocabulary responses of hearing impaired children on standardized tests.

Diagnosis of the difficulties of congenitally deaf children in arithmetic reasoning

This paper examines the difficulties of arithmetic reasoning of hearing impaired children and to determine the value of remedial teaching.

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.