This manuscript reports on data collected as part of a larger research study designed to investigate factors that facilitate the integration of children with hearing loss into mainstream environments. Aspects of communicative, academic, and social functioning for 43 adolescents and young adults were examined using questionnaires. In addition,…

The purpose of this study is to show the changing trends within the population of children who are deaf and hard of hearing in Belgium over the last 12 years. The combination of Universal Newborn Hearing Screening programs, early intervention, and cochlear implants have tremendously influenced the education and support of children who are deaf or…

The Maine Educational Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing's (MECDHH's) "POINT" (Providing Opportunities for Integrating New Technologies) project is implementing a telepractice, distance learning collaborative in Maine with eight hub sites and 18 end points using Tandberg videoconferencing technology. This network is planned to be a national…

The present study examines the perception of parents and teachers towards the transition process and preparedness of students who are deaf or hard of hearing from a listening and spoken language school in the Northeastern United States to a general education setting in their home school districts. The study uses a mixed methods design with…

The difficulties encountered by students with hearing loss and special learning needs are often attributed exclusively to hearing loss, particularly when there are no other obvious physical or sensory handicaps. A Louisiana public school system has addressed this issue for the past 9 years and has included both regular and special education…

A language assessment procedure was used with spontaneous spoken and written language samples of 13 orally trained children with hearing loss in integrated classrooms in two Israeli elementary schools. Results revealed significant differences between spoken and written language samples of these children in various correct syntactic structures,…

This study compared the literal and inferential comprehension abilities for textual, functional, and recreational text genres of 195 students who were deaf or hard of hearing. Literal comprehension exceeded inferential comprehension for males but not females. Educational setting (special class, resource room, or fully mainstreamed) influenced…

A computer-assisted notetaking (CAN) system to help hearing-impaired students in mainstreamed classes use a Macintosh laptop computer on which the notetaker types notes connected to a television monitor easily viewed by students. Evaluation results in two mainstream high school social studies classes reported that teachers, notetakers, hearing-…

The Home Visiting and Parent Education Program at De Paul Institute in Pittsburgh takes the teacher into the home situation in an attempt to involve the entire family in integrating the deaf preschool child into his natural world. (Author)

The article provides information for parents and teachers of hearing impaired children concerning federal requirements (as mandated by Public Law 94-142, Education for All Handicapped Children Act) for the Individualized Educational Plan (IEP) and gives samples of annual goals and short-term objectives. (PHR)

Twenty-four students who had been in a school for the deaf (in grades 5-12), but were now mainstreamed, were interviewed to ascertain their academic and communication skills, and their psycho-social adjustment. (PHR)

The acquisition of rapid reading skills, with relation to language and naming skills, was assessed in 21 severely and profoundly hearing impaired children mainstreamed into regular elementary school classrooms. (DLS)

In an examination of the socialization process of five hearing impaired children (8-10 years old) integrated within hearing groups in a summer day camp, it was found that counselor attitudes improved after exposure to the hearing impaired Ss. (Author/CL)

The hearing impaired child's social experience with mainstreaming is discussed, both in a chronological manner and across different types of programs. (Author/SBH)