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50 Years of ERIC
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EPIC: A Program to Accelerate Academic Progress in Profoundly Hearing-Impaired Children.
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Moog, Jean; Geers, Ann – Volta Review, 1985
Fifteen hearing impaired elementary students who participated in the EPIC (Experimental Project in Instructional Concentration) program, which was characterized by intensive and systematic instruction, demonstrated a significantly accelerated rate of progress compared to a control group of 18 children. (CL)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Hearing Impairments, Program Effectiveness
Factors Predictive of the Development of Literacy in Profoundly Hearing-Impaired Adolescents.
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Geers, Ann; Moog, Jean – Volta Review, 1989
A study of reading, writing, spoken and signed language, speech perception and production, and cognition of 100 profoundly hearing-impaired students in oral and mainstream high school programs suggests that hearing-impaired students have much higher potential for literacy than previously reported, and that the primary predictor is English-language…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Cognitive Development, Foreign Countries
Description of the CID Sensory Aids Study.
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Geers, Ann; Moog, Jean – Volta Review, 1994
This paper presents a detailed description of the experimental design and the subjects of the Central Institute for the Deaf (Missouri) Sensory Aids Study. Thirteen triads of matched children (ages 2 through 12) with hearing impairments (one child wearing a cochlear implant, one wearing a tactile aid and hearing aids, and one wearing only hearing…
Descriptors: Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Children, Cochlear Implants, Deafness
Techniques for Assessing Auditory Speech Perception and Lipreading Enhancement in Young Deaf Children.
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Geers, Ann – Volta Review, 1994
This paper examines the special considerations involved in selecting a speech perception test battery for young deaf children. The auditory-only tests consisted of closed-set word identification tasks and minimal-pairs syllable tasks. Additional tests included identification of words in sentences, open-set word recognition, and evaluation of…
Descriptors: Auditory Evaluation, Auditory Perception, Auditory Tests, Deafness
Speech Perception Results: Audition and Lipreading Enhancement.
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Geers, Ann; Brenner, Chris – Volta Review, 1994
This paper describes changes in speech perception performance of deaf children using cochlear implants, tactile aids, or conventional hearing aids over a three-year period. Eleven of the 13 children with cochlear implants were able to identify words on the basis of auditory consonant cues. Significant lipreading enhancement was also achieved with…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Children, Cochlear Implants, Communication Aids (for Disabled)
Spoken Language Results: Vocabulary, Syntax, and Communication.
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Geers, Ann; Moog, Jean – Volta Review, 1994
The acquisition of English vocabulary and syntax was compared over three years for three matched groups of profoundly hearing impaired students using either cochlear implants, tactile aids, or hearing aids. All children received auditory-oral instruction. The cochlear implant group exhibited faster acquisition of all language and communication…
Descriptors: Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Cochlear Implants, Deafness, Expressive Language