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Nielsen, Diane Corcoran; Luetke, Barbara; Stryker, Deborah Sue – American Annals of the Deaf, 2020
The purpose of the empirical study, "The English-Language and Reading Achievement of a Cohort of Deaf Students Speaking and Signing Standard English: A Preliminary Study" (Nielsen et al., 2016), was to investigate the English-language abilities and reading achievement of a sample of students who were deaf and hard of hearing (D/HH) and…
Descriptors: Language of Instruction, English, Reading Achievement, Deafness
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Bedoin, Diane – American Annals of the Deaf, 2019
Deaf education professionals are regularly challenged by the linguistic and cultural diversity of deaf youth. The present article focuses on how young deaf people residing in France who are migrants or the children of migrants define themselves, and how parents and professionals perceive their linguistic and cultural diversity. The theoretical…
Descriptors: Deafness, Ethnicity, Self Concept, Immigrants
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Cawthon, Stephanie W.; Leppo, Rachel; Ge, Jin Jin; Bond, Mark – American Annals of the Deaf, 2015
Using from the second National Longitudinal Transition Study (Newman et al., 2011), the authors investigated longitudinal patterns of educational accommodations use in secondary and, later, postsecondary settings by students who are d/Deaf or hard of hearing (SDHH). The study focused on language and communication (LC) accommodations used primarily…
Descriptors: National Surveys, Longitudinal Studies, Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Hearing Impairments
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Appelman, Karen I.; Callahan, Judy Ottren; Mayer, Margaret H.; Luetke, Barbara S.; Stryker, Deborah S. – American Annals of the Deaf, 2012
Little information is available on the education, employment, and independent living status of young deaf and hard of hearing adults who have transitioned from high school. The present article reports post-secondary outcomes of 46 young adults who had attended for at least 4 years a non-public agency school in the northwestern United States…
Descriptors: Employment, Independent Living, Young Adults, Deafness
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Bisol, Claudia Alquati; Sperb, Tania Mara; Brewer, Toye H.; Kato, Sergio Kakuta; Shor-Posner, Gail – American Annals of the Deaf, 2008
HIV/AIDS knowledge and health-related attitudes and behaviors among deaf and hearing adolescents in southern Brazil are described. Forty-two deaf students attending a special nonresidential public school for the deaf and 50 hearing students attending a regular public school, ages 15-21 years, answered a computer-assisted questionnaire. (There was…
Descriptors: Special Schools, Public Schools, Student Attitudes, Health Behavior
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Lytle, R. R.; Johnson, K. E.; Hui, Y. J. – American Annals of the Deaf, 2005
An overview is provided of (a) deaf education in China, (b) views of deaf Chinese, and (c) recent empowering international collaborations. China's national policy focuses on oral/aural education and hearing rehabilitation. However, everyday practice in schools for deaf children includes various forms of Chinese Sign Language. Early childhood…
Descriptors: Deafness, Foreign Countries, Educational History, Hearing Therapy