The effect of "picture story" context on verbal elicted imitation in deaf students

This paper reviews a study to determine the effects of including a supporting context in an imitation procedure for use with the deaf.

Social skills training in deaf and hard of hearing preschoolers

This paper addresses the importance of the development of social skills for deaf and hard of hearing preschool children. The author presents social skills lessons and activities for teachers to use with preschool children.

Vacation studies for deaf children

This paper discusses means of rehabilitation for hearing impaired children during the summer.

Emotion perception in pre-kindergarten school children at Central Institute for the Deaf

This paper studies the ability of pre-kindergarten students with both normal hearing and impaired hearing to identify emotions in speech through audition only. In addition, the study assesses whether a listener's familiarity with a speaker's voice has an effect on his/her ability to identify the emotion of the speaker.

Computer assisted instruction for developing speech perception skills in profoundly deaf children

This paper evaluates the usefulness of the "Foundations in Speech Perception" computer program developed by Breakthrough, Inc. in conjunction with Central Institute for the Deaf.

Reading aloud to children who are deaf or hard of hearing

This study examines the benefits and most effective techniques of reading aloud to children who are deaf or hard of hearing, including an instructional video and booklist for parents.

Phonological awareness in children who are deaf/hard of hearing

This paper examines the phonological awareness skills of young children who are hearing impaired through rime identification and onset detection.

A comparative study of the leisure-time interests and activities of deaf and hearing children

This paper compares play of hearing impaired children and those with normal hearing.

Memory for articulated sequences and lipreading performance of deaf observers

This paper is a review of a study to determine the relation between lipreading performance and memory for sequences of spoken syllables.

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.