Multisensory and Unisensory Approaches to Communicating with Deaf Children.

Power, Desmond John; Hyde, Mervyn Bruce

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ERIC Number: EJ574459

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1997

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Multisensory and Unisensory Approaches to Communicating with Deaf Children.

Power, Desmond John; Hyde, Mervyn Bruce

European Journal of Psychology of Education, v12 n4 p449-64 Dec 1997

Describes the controversy in hearing-impaired education between advocates of unisensory and multisensory approaches to communication for learning and socialization. Concludes that the multisensory approach is superior after reviewing arguments from developmental and perceptual theories, information processing, early intervention pedagogy, and related evidence. (DSK)

Descriptors: Deafness, Elementary Secondary Education, Hearing Impairments, Learning Strategies, Literature Reviews, Multisensory Learning, Oral Communication Method, Program Evaluation, Socialization, Total Communication

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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