The matter of raising and educating deaf children has been caught up in percepts of
development that are persistently inaccurate and at odds with scientific research. These …

This article is the fifth in a series of eight articles that comprise a special issue on Family-
Centered Early Intervention (FCEI) for children who are deaf or hard of hearing (DHH) and …

Many children who use cochlear implants (CI) have strong skills in many aspects of spoken
language; however, limited information is available about their mastery of the pragmatic …

This article is the sixth in a series of eight articles that comprise a special issue on Family-
Centered Early Intervention (FCEI) for children who are deaf or hard of hearing (DHH) and …

Abstract Language deprivation syndrome (LDS) is a permanent and preventable disability
affecting language, cognition, and behavior that is epidemic in the deaf population. Since …

The small body of research on writing and writing processes in the group of deaf and hard of
hearing (DHH) children has shown that this group struggles more with writing than their …

Background There is little research into the relationship between a deaf child's
developmental outcomes and their mother's self-perceived parental role. The aim of this …

Novelist Wally Lamb writes,“power wrongly used, defeats the oppressor as well as the
oppressed.”(897). This chapter aims to analyze functions of power by striking forth a new …

Early childhood is a critical period for language acquisition (Johnson & Newport, 1989;
Newport 1990), thus, access to fluent language from birth is paramount for language …

Purpose: This article provides evidence to refute an assumption often made regarding
speech-language pathologists'(SLPs') role in developing language skills in children who are …