Childhood hearing loss presents challenges to language development, especially spoken
language. In this article, we review existing literature on deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) …

For over 25 years in some countries and more recently in others, bilingual education
involving sign language and the written/spoken vernacular has been considered an …

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 …

This is a vocabulary research manual. It aims to give you the background knowledge
necessary to design rigorous and effective research studies into the behavior of L1 and L2 …

Teaching Deaf Learners: Psychological and Developmental Foundations explores how deaf
students (children and adolescents) learn and the conditions that support their reaching their …

Sign language in action is a term that we have coined to encompass how sign languages
are used in everyday life. In Chapter 2, we framed the notion of sign language in action …

The purpose of this study was to examine several behavioral problems in school-aged
hearing-impaired children with hearing aids or cochlear implants, compared to normally …

Objective Sufficient self-esteem is extremely important for psychosocial functioning. It is
hypothesized that hearing-impaired (HI) children have lower levels of self-esteem, because …

Objective The purpose of this study was to examine the level of empathy in deaf and hard of
hearing (pre) adolescents compared to normal hearing controls and to define the influence …

This paper provides an overview of the research into deaf children's bilingualism and
bilingual education through a synthesis of studies published over the last 15 years. This …