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Peer reviewedDromi, Esther – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2003
Assessment of the prelinguistic behaviors of 43 deaf children (ages 8 to 49 months) of hearing parents in Israel found only partial resemblance to the theoretical model of prelinguistic communication in hearing infants. Unique interrelationships among pointing and early noncommunicative behaviors were found with no correlation between use of…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Deafness, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedPrezbindowski, Amy K.; Lederberg, Amy R. – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2003
This article reviews methods for assessing vocabulary of young children with hearing impairments including naturalistic observation, parent report measures, and standardized vocabulary tests. It also describes procedures to assess word-learning processes. Cautions on the use of assessment tools with this population are reviewed and suggestions are…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Evaluation Methods, Hearing Impairments, Infants
Peer reviewedNott, Pauline; Cowan, Robert; Brown, P. Margaret; Cowan, Robert – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2003
The validity of the Diary of Early Language (Di-EL), a parent report technique, was evaluated with nine children with profound hearing loss using cochlear implants or hearing aids. Lexical data, reported by parents using the Di-EL, agreed with results of the Mac Arthur Communicative Development Inventories and the Rossetti Infant Toddler Language…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cochlear Implants, Deafness, Early Childhood Education
Peer reviewedBebko, James M.; Calderon, Rosemary; Treder, Robert – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2003
Two studies investigated the developmental trends and concurrent validity of the Language Proficiency Profile-2 (LPP-2), a measure of language and communication skills for deaf children. Results indicate that the LPP-2 has good utility not only as a measure of overall language development but also as a predictor of achievement for English language…
Descriptors: Child Development, Children, Concurrent Validity, Deafness
Peer reviewedCalderon, Rosemary – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2000
This study examined the impact of parental involvement on four outcomes for 28 young children with hearing loss. Although parental involvement was a significant positive predictor of early reading skills, maternal communication skill and the child's degree of hearing loss were more significant predictors for positive language and academic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Communication Skills, Deafness, Early Childhood Education
Peer reviewedBrown, P. Margaret; Rickards, Field W.; Bortoli, Anna – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2001
Relationships between pretend play and word production were investigated in 10 hearing toddlers and 10 toddlers with hearing loss who attended an auditory/oral early intervention program. Results showed significantly higher levels of pretend play for the hearing children and an association between level of pretend play and word production for the…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Early Intervention, Expressive Language, Hearing Impairments
