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Direct linkBruce, Susan M.; Parker, Amy T. – American Annals of the Deaf, 2012
Six young deafblind adults took a 1-week course on civic engagement and advocacy, which provided the focus for a participatory action research study with a collective case study design. They selected advocacy topics, were briefed on these policy issues, and were paired with experienced mentors for meetings with legislators in Washington, DC. Eight…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Action Research, Role of Education, Change Agents
Yoon, Joong-O.; Kim, Minjeong – American Annals of the Deaf, 2011
The authors examined the effects of captions on deaf students' content comprehension, cognitive load, and motivation in online learning. The participants in the study were 62 deaf adult students who had limited reading comprehension skills and used sign language as a first language. Participants were randomly assigned to either the control group…
Descriptors: Deafness, Adult Students, Comprehension, Cognitive Processes
Hyde, Merv; Punch, Renee; Komesaroff, Linda – American Annals of the Deaf, 2010
Findings of a study that investigated parents' expectations and experiences of their children's outcomes with cochlear implants are presented. A survey completed by 247 parents whose children had received implants in eastern Australia compared parents' reports of their preimplant expectations with their experiences of postimplant outcomes on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Assistive Technology, Parent Attitudes, Outcomes of Treatment
Hardonk, Stefan; Bosteels, Sigrid; Desnerck, Greetje; Loots, Gerrit; Van Hove, Geert; Van Kerschaver, Erwin; Vanroelen, Christophe; Louckx, Fred – American Annals of the Deaf, 2010
Factors contributing to parents' decision when they choose between cochlear implantation (CI) and traditional hearing aids for their child were examined. The subjects were children with severe/profound hearing loss, born 1999-2001, registered in the universal neonatal hearing screening program in the Flanders region of Belgium. Qualitative data…
Descriptors: Hearing Impairments, Foreign Countries, Content Analysis, Assistive Technology
Myers, Candace; Clark, M. Diane; Musyoka, Millicent M.; Anderson, Melissa L.; Gilbert, Gizelle L.; Agyen, Selina; Hauser, Peter C. – American Annals of the Deaf, 2010
Previous research on the reading abilities of Deaf individuals from various cultural groups suggests that Black Deaf and Hispanic Deaf individuals lag behind their White Deaf peers. The present study compared the reading skills of Black Deaf and White Deaf individuals, investigating the influence of American Sign Language (ASL), culture, family…
Descriptors: Family Characteristics, Deafness, Reading Skills, American Sign Language
Jones, Elaine G.; Goldsmith, Melissa; Effken, Judith; Button, Kevin; Crago, Michael – American Annals of the Deaf, 2010
Deaf adults' access to smoking cessation programs is limited due to cultural, linguistic, and geographic barriers. Web-based stop-smoking interventions have demonstrated cessation rates comparable to other interventions. The Internet is widely used by Deaf adults, but difficulties with online English text remain. We found no published accounts of…
Descriptors: Social Support Groups, Smoking, Internet, American Sign Language
Feldman, David M.; Gum, Amber – American Annals of the Deaf, 2007
The objective of the study was to better understand the perceptions and needs of multigenerational Deaf adults related to mental health services. A survey sampled participants who were between 20 and 85 years old and Deaf. Questions were developed to identify the perspectives of Deaf adults related to the availability of mental health services,…
Descriptors: Health Services, Mental Health Programs, Deafness, Age Differences
Kluwin, T. N.; Noretsky, M. – American Annals of the Deaf, 2005
A Mixed-Methods Study was conducted of 47 teachers of the deaf in seven urban and suburban programs around the country as they participated in an online training program. The goal of the training program was to encourage the teachers to integrate technology into their teaching of children who were deaf or hard of hearing. In their evaluation of…
Descriptors: Deafness, Computer Uses in Education, Technology Integration, Teachers
