A four-year study found that an intervention program with two elementary-level hearing teachers of deaf students significantly improved the teachers' ability to consistently code English into sign. This article describes components of the intervention program; its rationale; sign-to-speech ratios before and after intervention; and coding of…

This study examined a seven-year-old deaf child's pragmatic language development within the context of her life in a hearing family. Observations, videotaping, and interviews provided descriptive data. Analysis showed that deafness impacted on the family's beliefs and communication practices and that the child was a competent communicator who…

A professor at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (New York) describes an instructional approach used in a computer applications course. The approach employed classroom and individual interactions with deaf and hard-of-hearing students, personal computer demonstrations, laboratory sessions for hands-on learning, and criterion-referenced…

Analysis of a survey given to 134 deaf and hard-of-hearing college students indicated that these students were not well informed about sexual health and sexuality issues, were engaging in high-risk sexual behaviors, and relied primarily on peers for sexual health information. The need for psychometrically sound measures for this topic and…

A newly developed, computer-based, videodisc instructional program to teach speechreading skills was evaluated using 74 hearing college students. The program provides users with practice in speechreading words, sentences, and stories presented by over 150 people. Results indicated a significant improvement in speechreading ability from pretest to…

Hearing parents of 20 deaf or hard-of-hearing and 20 hearing 9-month-old infants completed the Parenting Stress Inventory (PSI) and a questionnaire tapping the stress of life events. Although overall scores on the PSI were quite similar, subscale differences were found in the areas of stress, spousal relationships, and perceptions of the infant.…

Six deaf mothers were videotaped while reading a book to their deaf or hard-of-hearing children (ages three to five). Analysis revealed six strategies used by mothers, including sign placement, text paired with signed demonstration, real world connection between text and child's experience, attention maintenance, physical demonstrations of…

Twelve stories were told to four profoundly deaf and hard-of-hearing preschool children, using either pure American Sign Language (ASL), pure Signing Exact English (SEE) II, or SEE II with ASL features and structures. Children participated more during story conditions that were either pure ASL or contained ASL signing. (DB)

This article documents the wide variation in terminology used by the U.S. Department of Education and the 50 states in gathering data on deaf and hard-of-hearing children and in determining eligibility for services. Recommendations for achieving uniformity in defining and applying the terms "deaf" and "hard of hearing" are offered. (Author/DB)

The Classroom Communication Ease Scale was administered to 50 deaf college students. Fit of data to the measurement model resulted in a set of 42 items that empirically define the concept of "communication ease" in its cognitive aspects and a set of 21 items that elaborate the concept further in terms of its affective aspects. (Author/DB)