This article employs meta-analysis procedures to evaluate whether children with cochlear
implants demonstrate lower spoken-language vocabulary knowledge than peers with …

This article is the second of eight articles in this special issue on Family-Centered Early
Intervention (FCEI) for children who are deaf or hard of hearing (DHH) and their families, or …

Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH) children need to master at least one language (spoken or
signed) to reach their full potential. Providing access to a natural sign language supports this …

A long-standing belief is that sign language interferes with spoken language development in
deaf children, despite a chronic lack of evidence supporting this belief. This deserves …

BACKGROUND: Most children with hearing loss who receive cochlear implants (CI) learn
spoken language, and parents must choose early on whether to use sign language to …

Objective To examine whether children who are deaf or hard of hearing who have hearing
parents can develop age-level vocabulary skills when they have early exposure to a sign …

The hypothesis that children surpass adults in long-term second-language proficiency is
accepted as evidence for a critical period for language. However, the scope and nature of a …

There has been a scarcity of studies exploring the influence of students' American Sign
Language (ASL) proficiency on their academic achievement in ASL/English bilingual …

A mother whose child has had a cochlear implant tells Laura Mauldin why enrollment in the
sign language program at her daughter's school is plummeting:“The majority of parents want …

Every year, 10 000 infants are born in the United States with sensorineural deafness. Deaf
children of hearing (and nonsigning) parents are unique among all children in the world in …