Qualitative and quantitative analysis of interviews with parents of children with cochlear implants found that, although implants have the potential to improve deaf children's relationships with hearing peers, these children still face communication obstacles which impede their social relationships. Results are discussed from the viewpoints of…

A Swedish interview study of how deaf pupils reason about phenomena in a science context revealed significant variation in the extent to which pupils used scientific principles for reasoning about science phenomena, which suggests that for some pupils, school science offers little as a framework for reasoning. (Contains references.) (DB)

Analysis of observational and interview data concerning teacher speech and educational philosophy in inclusive classrooms with deaf students found teachers directed fewer utterances, on average, to deaf than to hearing students. Inclusive philosophies focused on an individualized approach to teaching, attention to deaf culture, advocacy, smaller…

This article outlines linguistic barriers to due process for deaf defendants including: a speedy trial as a function of due process, linguistic diversity as a function of culture, cultural literacy as a function of due process, linguistic diversity as a function of education, linguistic deprivation, and language (including sign language)…

This article examines the issues underlying the relatively insignificant impact of research on literacy practice from the perspectives of the fields of literacy, special education, and deaf education. Recommendations are made for researchers and teachers of students with hearing impairments for bridging the gap between research and practice.…

Twenty-one children (ages 4-11) prelingually deaf and orally trained, were tested with verbal and nonverbal versions of a false-belief task. Children did not perform above chance in the verbal task. The nonverbal task significantly facilitated performance, however, only older children performed above change in the nonverbal false-belief tests.…

A study examined the extent to which different measures of speech reading performance correlated with cognitive abilities in 18 adults with hearing impairments. Younger participants were better speech readers and speech tracking correlated with written lexical decision speed. Speech reading for sentence comprehension correlated most strongly with…

A follow-up study examined the effects of different tactile aids on tasks of visual speech reading in 14 adults with severe hearing impairments. Compared with speech reading alone, tactile aids impaired sentence-based speech reading at first, although performance improved with training. No effects of vibrotactile aids or training were obtained for…

Interviews with 46 adults with deafness or hearing impairments found that three discursive positions were evident in relation to deafness (disability, logistic complexity, and community/culture). Life stories produced in the interviews entailed variations on the theme of fragmentation: the losing, missing, and finding of viable life circumstances.…

This article discusses research in deaf education. It addresses the social and cultural context of deaf education, the technological and policy context of deaf education, underrepresented and neglected groups of children with deafness, and funding for research on deafness. Topics of concern for the new millennium are identified. (Contains…

This overview of the relationship of reading vocabulary knowledge to reading comprehension offers a vocabulary acquisition model that asserts that both breadth and depth of vocabulary knowledge are critical to comprehension. The vocabulary/comprehension relationship and the acquisition of word meanings are compared for hearing and deaf students,…

This article considers the purposes of preoperative psychological assessment of cochlear implant candidates, addressing the issues of candidate selection, exclusion, and readiness. Aspects of motivation and informed consent as well as ethical issues are also considered, and specific assessment methodologies, including questionnaires, interviews,…

This article examines literature on deaf interpreting in school settings and reviews guidelines for educational interpreters from 15 school districts, noting discrepancies between guideline recommendations, what actually occurs in classrooms, and what research has found concerning: (1) production of the message by the interpreter; (2) reception of…

Fifty deaf and hard-of-hearing students mainstreamed in postsecondary classes rated their classroom communication ease with hearing instructors, hearing peers, and deaf peers. Both quantitative and qualitative results indicated that students varied considerably in their communication with hearing peers and professors, in their relations with deaf…

This study examined the social adjustment of deaf adolescents enrolled in segregated (n=39), partially integrated (n=15), and mainstreamed (n=17) settings. Partially integrated students reported better adjustment than mainstreamed students with deaf peers; mainstreamed students reported better adjustment than partially integrated students with…