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Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:09:33 +0100 A Timely Reminder for Closer Collaboration http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5535101&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F17%2F1%2F140%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education) Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5535101 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5535101 An Analysis of Recent Educational Policy Changes http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5535100&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F17%2F1%2F139%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education) Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5535100 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5535100 With This Book, Monolingualism Is Curable http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5535099&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F17%2F1%2F138%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education) Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5535099 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5535099 An American Sign Language Dictionary Based on the Shape of Hands: A Useful Reference Book http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5535098&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F17%2F1%2F137%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education) Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5535098 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5535098 Applying an Ethical Framework to Educational Decision Making http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5535097&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F17%2F1%2F136%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education) Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5535097 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5535097 The A's Have It: Assessment, Accountability, Accommodation, Alternatives, and Advocacy! http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5535096&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F17%2F1%2F135%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education) Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5535096 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5535096 Deaf Translation: A New Frontier http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5535095&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F17%2F1%2F134%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education) Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5535095 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5535095 Recording the Unimaginable http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5535094&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F17%2F1%2F133%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education) Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5535094 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5535094 Prelinguistic Vocal Development in Young Cochlear Implant Recipients and Typically Developing Infants: Year 1 of Robust Hearing Experience http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5535093&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F17%2F1%2F116%3Frss%3D1 This investigation examined the time course and sequence of prelinguistic vocal development during the first year of cochlear implant (CI) experience. Thirteen children who were implanted between 8 and 35 months and 11 typically developing (TD) infants participated in this longitudinal study. Adult–child play interactions were video- and audio-recorded at trimonthly intervals for each group, and child utterances were classified into categories representing progressively more mature productions: Precanonical Vocalizations, Basic Canonical Syllables, and Advanced Form vocalizations. Young CI recipients met the 20% criterion for establishment of the Basic Canonical Syllables and Advanced Forms levels with fewer months of robust hearing experience than the TD infants. Most CI recipients ... Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5535093 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5535093 Effects of Social Networks on the Quality of Life in an Elder and Middle-Aged Deaf Community Sample http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5535092&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F17%2F1%2F102%3Frss%3D1 This article endeavors to investigate the role of social networks in contributing to the quality of life of an elder and middle-aged Deaf population. In particular, it poses the question of whether a certain network composition (deaf and hearing network persons) provides positive resources to improve quality of life and attempts to identify moderating and mediating connections between social networks and quality of life. Based on the data collected in a survey of 107 members of the Deaf community aged 45–81 years, it was possible to ascertain the fact that a larger social network is significantly associated with a higher quality of life, but the size of the deaf network is principally decisive. The hypothesis that a bicultural network composition would have a particular positive effe... Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5535092 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5535092 Personal Factors That Influence Deaf College Students' Academic Success http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5535091&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F17%2F1%2F85%3Frss%3D1 This study identified entering deaf college students' personal factors as assessed by their individual responses to both the Noel-Levitz College Student Inventory Form B and the Learning and Study Strategies Inventory, second edition (LASSI). Entering students in 3 successive cohorts (total n =437) participated in this study. Results show that in addition to entry measurements of reading and mathematic skills, personal factors contributed to the academic performance of students in their first quarter in college. The Noel-Levitz provided the comparatively better predictive value of academic performance: Motivation for Academic Study Scale (e.g., desire to finish college). The LASSI also showed statistically significant predictors, the Self-Regulation Component (e.g., time management) and Wi... Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5535091 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5535091 Effects of a Cognitive Behavioral Self-help Program on Emotional Problems for People With Acquired Hearing Loss: A Randomized Controlled Trial http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5535090&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F17%2F1%2F75%3Frss%3D1 The aim of the study was to examine whether a cognitive–behavioral self-help program was effective in improving depressed mood and anxiety in people with acquired deafness. Participants were 45 persons with acquired deafness, randomly allocated to the Cognitive–Behavioral Self-help (CBS) group or the Waiting List Control (WLC) group. Depression and anxiety scores were assessed at three measurement moments: at pretest, immediately after completion of the intervention (posttest), and again 2 months later (follow-up). To evaluate the effectiveness of the program, repeated measures analyses of covariance were performed. The results showed that depression and anxiety symptoms in the CBS group significantly improved after completion of the program, compared to the WLC group. There wa... Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5535090 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5535090 Print Exposure, Reading Habits, and Reading Achievement Among Deaf and Hearing College Students http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5535089&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F17%2F1%2F61%3Frss%3D1 This study explored relations of print exposure, academic achievement, and reading habits among 100 deaf and 100 hearing college students. As in earlier studies, recognition tests for book titles and magazine titles were used as measures of print exposure, college entrance test scores were used as measures of academic achievement, and students provided self-reports of reading habits. Deaf students recognized fewer magazine titles and fewer book titles appropriate for reading levels from kindergarten through Grade 12 while reporting more weekly hours of reading. As in previous studies with hearing college students, the title recognition test proved a better predictor of deaf and hearing students' English achievement than how many hours they reported reading. The finding that the recognition... Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5535089 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5535089 Grapheme-Phoneme Acquisition of Deaf Preschoolers http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5535088&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F17%2F1%2F39%3Frss%3D1 We examined acquisition of grapheme–phoneme correspondences by 4 deaf and hard-of-hearing preschoolers using instruction from a curriculum designed specifically for this population supplemented by Visual Phonics. Learning was documented through a multiple baseline across content design as well as descriptive analyses. Preschoolers who used sign language and had average to low-average receptive vocabulary skills and varied speech perception skills acquired all correspondences after instruction. They were also able to use that knowledge while reading words. On a posttest, the children were able to decode graphemes into corresponding phonemes and identified about half of the words that were included during instruction. However, they did not identify any novel words. Descriptive analyses... Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5535088 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5535088 "I Was Born Full Deaf." Written Language Outcomes After 1 Year of Strategic and Interactive Writing Instruction http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5535087&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F17%2F1%2F19%3Frss%3D1 Nonstandard grammatical forms are often present in the writing of deaf students that are rarely, if ever, seen in the writing of hearing students. With the implementation of Strategic and Interactive Writing Instruction (SIWI) in previous studies, students have demonstrated significant gains in high-level writing skills (e.g., text structure) but have also made gains with English grammar skills. This 1-year study expands on prior research by longitudinally examining the written language growth (i.e., writing length, sentence complexity, sentence awareness, and function words) of 29 deaf middle-school students. A repeated-measures analysis of variance with a between-subjects variable for literacy achievement level was used to examine gains over time and the intervention's efficacy when used... Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5535087 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5535087 Large-Scale Academic Achievement Testing of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students: Past, Present, and Future http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5535086&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F17%2F1%2F1%3Frss%3D1 This study has three objectives: (a) it will summarize the historical data over the last three decades to indicate trends in academic achievement for this special population, (b) it will analyze the current federal laws and regulations related to educational testing and special education, thereby identifying gaps between policy and practice in the field, especially identifying the limitations of current testing programs in assessing what deaf and hard-of-hearing students know, and (c) it will offer some insights and suggestions for future testing programs for deaf and hard-of-hearing students. 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Text display radio requires a large amount of word throughput with minimal screen display area, making good user interface design crucial to its success. In two experiments, we presented hearing, hard-of-hearing, and deaf consumers with National Public Radio stories converted to text and examined their preferences for and reactions to midsized and small radio text displays. We focused on physical display attributes such as text color, font style, line length, and scrolling type as well as emergency alert messages and emergency prompts for drivers, announcer identification schemes, and synchronization of audio and text. Results suggest that midsized, Global Positionin... Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5085730 Sun, 31 Jul 2011 23:00:00 +0100 5085730 Effect of Postsecondary Education on the Economic Status of Persons Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5085729&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F16%2F4%2F524%3Frss%3D1 This article examines the effect that postsecondary education has on earnings and the duration of time spent in the Social Security disability programs for young persons who are deaf or hard of hearing. Our hypothesis is that investments in postsecondary training increase the likelihood of employment for persons who are deaf or hard of hearing and thus reduce dependency on disability-related income support programs. A longitudinal data set based upon records from the National Technical Institute for the Deaf and Social Security administrative records is used for this analysis. We find that those who graduate, even those who graduate with vocational degrees, experience significant earnings benefits and reductions in the duration of time spent on federal disability programs when compared wit... Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5085729 Sun, 31 Jul 2011 23:00:00 +0100 5085729 Mode of Communication, Perceived Level of Understanding, and Perceived Quality of Life in Youth Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5085728&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F16%2F4%2F512%3Frss%3D1 Given the important role of parent–youth communication in adolescent well-being and quality of life, we sought to examine the relationship between specific communication variables and youth perceived quality of life in general and as a deaf or hard-of-hearing (DHH) individual. A convenience sample of 230 youth (mean age = 14.1, standard deviation = 2.2; 24% used sign only, 40% speech only, and 36% sign + speech) was surveyed on communication-related issues, generic and DHH-specific quality of life, and depression symptoms. Higher youth perception of their ability to understand parents’ communication was significantly correlated with perceived quality of life as well as lower reported depressive symptoms and lower perceived stigma. Youth who use speech as their single mode of co... Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5085728 Sun, 31 Jul 2011 23:00:00 +0100 5085728 Development of Deaf Identity: An Ethnographic Study http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5085727&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F16%2F4%2F494%3Frss%3D1 This ethnographic study explores the identity development of 9 deaf participants through the narratives of their educational experiences in either mainstream or special schools for the Deaf. This exploration goes beyond a binary conceptualization of deaf identity that allows for only the medical and social models and proposes a bicultural "dialogue model." This postmodern theoretical framework is used to examine the diversity of identities of deaf learners. The inclusion of the researcher’s own fluid cross-cultural identity as a bicultural "DeaF" participant in this study provides an auto-ethnographic gateway into exploring the lives of other deaf, Deaf, or bicultural DeaF persons. The findings suggest that deaf identity is not a static concept but a complex ongoing quest for belongi... Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5085727 Sun, 31 Jul 2011 23:00:00 +0100 5085727 Social Participation of Children and Adolescents With Cochlear Implants: A Qualitative Analysis of Parent, Teacher, and Child Interviews http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5085726&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F16%2F4%2F474%3Frss%3D1 Psychosocial factors, including socioemotional well-being, peer relationships, and social inclusion with hearing and deaf peers, are increasingly becoming a focus of research investigating children with cochlear implants. The study reported here extends the largely quantitative findings of previous research through a qualitative analysis of interviews with parents, teachers, and pediatric cochlear implant users themselves in three eastern states of Australia. We interviewed 24 parents, 15 teachers, and 11 children and adolescents. The findings displayed commonalities across the three groups of participants, indicating positive experiences around the children's psychosocial development with their cochlear implants, but also ongoing difficulties communicating in groups of people and problems... Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5085726 Sun, 31 Jul 2011 23:00:00 +0100 5085726 Reading and Reading-Related Skills in Children Using Cochlear Implants: Prospects for the Influence of Cued Speech http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5085725&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F16%2F4%2F458%3Frss%3D1 We assessed the reading and reading-related skills (phonemic awareness and phonological short-term memory) of deaf children fitted with cochlear implants (CI), either exposed to cued speech early (before 2 years old) (CS+) or never (CS–). Their performance was compared to that of 2 hearing control groups, 1 matched for reading level (RL), and 1 matched for chronological age (CA). Phonemic awareness and phonological short-term memory were assessed respectively through a phonemic similarity judgment task and through a word span task measuring phonological similarity effects. To assess the use of sublexical and lexical reading procedures, children read pseudowords and irregular words aloud. Results showed that cued speech improved performance on both the phonemic awareness and the readi... Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5085725 Sun, 31 Jul 2011 23:00:00 +0100 5085725 Improving DHH Students' Grammar Through an Individualized Software Program http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5085724&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F16%2F4%2F437%3Frss%3D1 The purpose of this study was to determine if the frequent use of a targeted, computer software grammar instruction program, used as an individualized classroom activity, would influence the comprehension of morphosyntax structures (determiners, tense, and complementizers) in deaf/hard-of-hearing (DHH) participants who use American Sign Language (ASL). Twenty-six students from an urban day school for the deaf participated in this study. Two hierarchical linear modeling growth curve analyses showed that the influence of LanguageLinks: Syntax Assessment and Intervention (LL) resulted in statistically significant gains in participants’ comprehension of morphosyntax structures. Two dependent t tests revealed statistically significant results between the pre- and postintervention assessme... Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5085724 Sun, 31 Jul 2011 23:00:00 +0100 5085724 Semantic and Pragmatic Factors Influencing Deaf and Hearing Students' Comprehension of English Sentences Containing Numeral Quantifiers http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5085723&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F16%2F4%2F419%3Frss%3D1 This research contrasted deaf and hearing students’ interpretive knowledge of English sentences containing numeral quantifier phrases and indefinite noun phrases. A multiple-interpretation picture task methodology was used to assess 305 participants’ judgments of the compatibility of sentence meanings with depicted discourse contexts. Participants’ performance was assessed on the basis of hearing level (deaf, hearing) and grade level (middle school, high school, college). The deaf students were predicted to have differential access to specific sentence interpretations in accordance with the relative derivational complexity of the targeted sentence types. Hypotheses based on the pressures of derivational economy on acquisition were largely supported. The results also revea... Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5085723 Sun, 31 Jul 2011 23:00:00 +0100 5085723 Table of Contents http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5085722&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F16%2F4%2FNP-c%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education) Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5085722 Sun, 31 Jul 2011 23:00:00 +0100 5085722 Subscriptions http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5085721&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F16%2F4%2FNP-b%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education) Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5085721 Sun, 31 Jul 2011 23:00:00 +0100 5085721 Editorial Board http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5085720&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F16%2F4%2FNP-a%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education) Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5085720 Sun, 31 Jul 2011 23:00:00 +0100 5085720 Cover http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5085719&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F16%2F4%2FNP%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education) Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5085719 Sun, 31 Jul 2011 23:00:00 +0100 5085719 What Meets the Needs of Families Is What Families Need http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4840773&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F16%2F3%2F417%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education) Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4840773 Wed, 18 May 2011 23:00:00 +0100 4840773 The Differences in Our Similarities http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4840772&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F16%2F3%2F416%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education) Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4840772 Wed, 18 May 2011 23:00:00 +0100 4840772 The Truth is Out There http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4840771&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F16%2F3%2F415%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education) Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4840771 Wed, 18 May 2011 23:00:00 +0100 4840771 Promises, Promises, Promises ... http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4840770&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F16%2F3%2F414%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education) Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4840770 Wed, 18 May 2011 23:00:00 +0100 4840770 Sign Language Users' Education and Employment Levels: Keeping Pace with Changes in the General Australian Population? http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4840769&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F16%2F3%2F401%3Frss%3D1 This article draws on data from the 2006 Australian census to explore the education and employment outcomes of sign languages users living in Victoria, Australia, and to compare them with outcomes reported in the general population. Census data have the advantage of sampling the entire population on the one night, avoiding problems of population comparability and sampling errors that may affect survey-based research. The analysis shows that sign language users are approaching parity with the general population on some measures of educational attainment, but there remains a gap in employment levels and particularly income. Sign language users aged 25–44 years show higher attainment than those in the 45–64 age group, suggesting that educational reforms in the last 30 years are ha... Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4840769 Wed, 18 May 2011 23:00:00 +0100 4840769 Conceptual Representation of Actions in Sign Language http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4840768&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F16%2F3%2F392%3Frss%3D1 The idea that knowledge of events entails a universal spatial component, that is conceiving agents left of patients, was put to test by investigating native users of German sign language and native users of spoken German. Participants heard or saw event descriptions and had to illustrate the meaning of these events by means of drawing or arranging toys. Two types of verbs were tested, differing in the way they are signed. Verbs with a horizontal transient are typically signed with a left-to-right directionality, from the addressee's point of view. In contrast, verbs with sagittal transients display transitions moving toward or away from speaker. Signers showed a direct mapping preference for verbs with horizontal transients, by putting agents at the same position in space as in the signed ... Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4840768 Wed, 18 May 2011 23:00:00 +0100 4840768 Korean Deaf Adolescents' Awareness of Thematic and Taxonomic Relations among Ordinary Concepts Represented by Pictures and Written Words http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4840767&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F16%2F3%2F375%3Frss%3D1 In conclusion, Korean deaf adolescents were aware of thematic and taxonomic relations less than hearing adolescents in general. They were more likely than hearing adolescents to show the advantage of pictures over words in their performance in conceptual activities and to prefer taxonomic to thematic associations for written words in Experiment 2. (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education) Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4840767 Wed, 18 May 2011 23:00:00 +0100 4840767 Adapting the Assessing British Sign Language Development: Receptive Skills Test Into American Sign Language http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4840766&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F16%2F3%2F362%3Frss%3D1 Signed languages continue to be a key element of deaf education programs that incorporate a bilingual approach to teaching and learning. In order to monitor the success of bilingual deaf education programs, and in particular to monitor the progress of children acquiring signed language, it is essential to develop an assessment tool of signed language skills. Although researchers have developed some checklists and experimental tests related to American Sign Language (ASL) assessment, at this time a standardized measure of ASL does not exist. There have been tests developed in other signed languages, for example, British Sign Language, that can serve as models in this area. The purpose of this study was to adapt the Assessing British Sign Language Development: Receptive Skills Test for use i... Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4840766 Wed, 18 May 2011 23:00:00 +0100 4840766 Approaching Sign Language Test Construction: Adaptation of the German Sign Language Receptive Skills Test http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4840765&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F16%2F3%2F343%3Frss%3D1 This article makes a novel contribution to the field by examining linguistic, cultural, and methodological issues in the process of adapting a test from the source language to the target language. The adapted DGS test has sound psychometric properties and provides the basis for revision prior to standardization. (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education) Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4840765 Wed, 18 May 2011 23:00:00 +0100 4840765 The Deaf Acculturation Scale (DAS): Development and Validation of a 58-Item Measure http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4840764&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F16%2F3%2F325%3Frss%3D1 This study involved the development and validation of the Deaf Acculturation Scale (DAS), a new measure of cultural identity for Deaf and hard-of-hearing (hh) populations. Data for this study were collected online and involved a nation-wide sample of 3,070 deaf/hh individuals. Results indicated strong internal reliabilities for all the subscales, and construct validity was established by demonstrating that the DAS could discriminate groups based on parental hearing status, school background, and use of self-labels. Construct validity was further demonstrated through factorial analyses, and findings resulted in a final 58-item measure. Directions for future research are discussed. (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education) Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4840764 Wed, 18 May 2011 23:00:00 +0100 4840764 Congenitally Deaf Children's Care Trajectories in the Context of Universal Neonatal Hearing Screening: A Qualitative Study of the Parental Experiences http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4840763&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F16%2F3%2F305%3Frss%3D1 The objective of this study is to examine the early care trajectories of congenitally deaf children from a parental perspective, starting with universal neonatal hearing screenings. The analysis using a three-dimensional care trajectory concept is aimed at developing a basic typology of postscreening care trajectories. Children with severe/profound hearing loss, registered in the Flanders’ (Belgium) universal neonatal hearing screening program, born between 1999 and 2001. Thematic content analysis of qualitative data collected retrospectively from participant's parents. Two basic types of care trajectories emerged; based on differences in care-use in the phase of further diagnosis and related parental experiences. Subtypes resulted from events related to cochlear implantation. Five t... Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4840763 Wed, 18 May 2011 23:00:00 +0100 4840763 Longitudinal Patterns of Emerging Literacy in Beginning Deaf and Hearing Readers http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4840762&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F16%2F3%2F289%3Frss%3D1 The emerging reading and spelling abilities of 24 deaf and 23 hearing beginning readers were followed over 2 years. The deaf children varied in their language backgrounds and preferred mode of communication. All children were given a range of literacy, cognitive and language-based tasks every 12 months. Deaf and hearing children made similar progress in literacy in the beginning stages of reading development and then their trajectories began to diverge. The longitudinal correlates of beginning reading in the deaf children were earlier vocabulary, letter-sound knowledge, and speechreading. Earlier phonological awareness was not a longitudinal correlate of reading ability once earlier reading levels were controlled. Only letter name knowledge was longitudinally related to spelling ability. S... Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4840762 Wed, 18 May 2011 23:00:00 +0100 4840762 The Importance of Morphemic Awareness to Reading Achievement and the Potential of Signing Morphemes to Supporting Reading Development http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4840761&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F16%2F3%2F275%3Frss%3D1 The ability to access and understand the meaning of multi-morphemic words is essential for age-appropriate literacy growth as well as for achievement in other participants, such as science and social studies, which are so print-dependent. This paper provides a theoretical basis for focusing on the morphology of English when teaching students who are deaf or hard of hearing to read through a review of the literature on the role of morphology in reading for both hearing students and those with a hearing loss. In addition, the authors review the empirical literature on Signing Exact English (SEE), a system of signing English constructed in which the morphology of words is made visible to children who might not be able to hear them. The authors propose that students’ use of SEE can provi... Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4840761 Wed, 18 May 2011 23:00:00 +0100 4840761 Table of Contents http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4840760&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F16%2F3%2FNP-c%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education) Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4840760 Wed, 18 May 2011 23:00:00 +0100 4840760 Subscription http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4840759&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F16%2F3%2FNP-b%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education) Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4840759 Wed, 18 May 2011 23:00:00 +0100 4840759 Editorial Board http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4840758&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F16%2F3%2FNP-a%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education) Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4840758 Wed, 18 May 2011 23:00:00 +0100 4840758 Cover http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4840757&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F16%2F3%2FNP%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education) Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4840757 Wed, 18 May 2011 23:00:00 +0100 4840757 Alas, Never the Twain Shall Meet ... http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4477358&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F16%2F2%2F274%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education) Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4477358 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0100 4477358 Interpreting in Legal Settings http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4477357&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F16%2F2%2F273%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education) Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4477357 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0100 4477357 Contemporary Special Education: Shaped by Social, Philosophical, and Political Forces http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4477356&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F16%2F2%2F272%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education) Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4477356 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0100 4477356 Health-Related Quality of Life and Classroom Participation of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students in General Schools http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4477355&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F16%2F2%2F254%3Frss%3D1 A group of deaf and hard-of-hearing (D/HH) students at mainstream schools (N = 212) was investigated in a questionnaire-based survey using the Inventory of Life Quality of Children and Youth (ILC) and the Classroom Participation Questionnaire. The ILC data for the D/HH sample are for the most part comparable with the data from a normative hearing sample. Item-total correlations showed that the domains of school and social activities with peers were more important for the Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) of the D/HH students than for that of the hearing students. The results also reveal differences in the HRQoL levels of the two samples, with the D/HH sample having higher scores for school experiences, physical and mental health, and overall HRQoL, though the effect sizes for the diff... Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4477355 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0100 4477355 Bullying and Cyberbullying Among Deaf Students and Their Hearing Peers: An Exploratory Study http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4477354&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F16%2F2%2F236%3Frss%3D1 A questionnaire on bullying and cyberbullying was administered to 30 secondary students (Grades 7–12) in a charter school for the Deaf and hard of hearing and a matched group of 22 hearing students in a charter secondary school on the same campus. Because the sample size was small and distributions non-normal, results are primarily descriptive and correlational. No significant differences by hearing status were detected in rates of conventional or cyberbullying or both forms of victimization. Cyberbullying and cybervictimization were strongly correlated, as were conventional bullying and victimization. Moral disengagement was positively correlated only with conventional bullying. Implications for practice and future research are discussed. (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Ed... Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4477354 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0100 4477354 The Comprehension and Production of Wh-Questions in Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4477353&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F16%2F2%2F212%3Frss%3D1 This study examined the comprehension, production, and repetition of Wh-questions in deaf or hard-of-hearing (DHH) children. The participants were 11 orally trained Hebrew-speaking children aged 9.1–12.4 with moderate-to-profound hearing loss from birth, who consistently used hearing aids or cochlear implants and who had difficulties understanding relative clauses. Experiment 1 tested the comprehension of Wh-questions using a picture selection task, comparing subject with object questions and who- with which-questions; Experiment 2 tested the production of subject and object who-questions using an elicitation task; and Experiment 3 tested the repetition of Wh-questions and other structures derived by Wh-movement. All the DHH participants showed difficulty in the comprehension, produc... Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4477353 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0100 4477353 The Effects of American Sign Language as an Assessment Accommodation for Students Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4477352&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F16%2F2%2F198%3Frss%3D1 Students who are deaf or hard of hearing (SDHH) often need accommodations to participate in large-scale standardized assessments. One way to bridge the gap between the language of the test (English) and a student’s linguistic background (often including American Sign Language [ASL]) is to present test items in ASL. The specific aim of this project was to measure the effects of an ASL accommodation on standardized test scores for SDHH in reading and mathematics. A total of 64 fifth- to eighth-grade (ages 10–15) SDHH from schools for the deaf in the United States participated in this study. There were no overall differences in the mean percent of items students scored correctly in the standard vs. ASL-accommodated conditions for reading or mathematics. We then conducted hierarchi... Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4477352 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0100 4477352 Verbal and Spatial Analogical Reasoning in Deaf and Hearing Children: The Role of Grammar and Vocabulary http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4477351&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F16%2F2%2F189%3Frss%3D1 In this study, the analogical reasoning skills of deaf and hard of hearing children are explored. Two groups of children (deaf and hard of hearing children with either cochlear implants or hearing aids and hearing children) completed tests of verbal and spatial analogical reasoning. Their vocabulary and grammar skills were also assessed to provide a measure of language attainment. Results indicated significant differences between the deaf and hard of hearing children (regardless of type of hearing device) and their hearing peers on vocabulary, grammar, and verbal reasoning tests. Regression analyses revealed that in the group of deaf and hard of hearing children, but not in the hearing group, the language measures were significant predictors of verbal analogical reasoning, when age and spa... Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4477351 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0100 4477351 Reading Achievement in Relation to Phonological Coding and Awareness in Deaf Readers: A Meta-analysis http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4477350&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F16%2F2%2F164%3Frss%3D1 The relation between reading ability and phonological coding and awareness (PCA) skills in individuals who are severely and profoundly deaf was investigated with a meta-analysis. From an initial set of 230 relevant publications, 57 studies were analyzed that experimentally tested PCA skills in 2,078 deaf participants. Half of the studies found statistically significant evidence for PCA skills and half did not. A subset of 25 studies also tested reading proficiency and showed a wide range of effect sizes. Overall PCA skills predicted 11% of the variance in reading proficiency in the deaf participants. Other possible modulating factors, such as task type and reading grade level, did not explain the remaining variance. In 7 studies where it was measured, language ability predicted 35% of the ... Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4477350 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0100 4477350 Deaf in the Time of the Cochlea http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4477349&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F16%2F2%2F153%3Frss%3D1 This article argues that identities are constructed not just within Deaf communities but within the social contexts in which Deaf communities are embedded. (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education) Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4477349 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0100 4477349 Table of Contents http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4477348&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F16%2F2%2FNP-c%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education) Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4477348 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0100 4477348 Subscription http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4477347&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F16%2F2%2FNP-b%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education) Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4477347 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0100 4477347 Eboard http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4477346&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F16%2F2%2FNP-a%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education) Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4477346 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0100 4477346 Cover http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4477345&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F16%2F2%2FNP%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education) Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4477345 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0100 4477345 Actor Vocal Training for the Habilitation of Speech in Adolescent Users of Cochlear Implants http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4265138&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F16%2F1%2F140%3Frss%3D1 This study examined changes to speech production in adolescents with hearing impairment following a period of actor vocal training. In addition to vocal parameters, the study also investigated changes to psychosocial factors such as confidence, self-esteem, and anxiety. The group were adolescent users of cochlear implants (mean age at commencement of training 15.9 years), with approximately half of the group wearing a hearing aid in the contralateral ear. The mean age of implantation of the group was 7.6 years and the participants displayed a range of speech production abilities. Evaluation of posttraining outcomes was performed via a combination of perceptual and acoustic analyses. Significant posttraining changes to vocal parameters included increased pitch range and variability and decr... Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4265138 Wed, 15 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0100 4265138 Exploring Perspectives on Cochlear Implants and Language Acquisition Within the Deaf Community http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4265137&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F16%2F1%2F121%3Frss%3D1 Cochlear implants generated intense debate almost immediately following their introduction in the 1980s. Today, with a vast number of deaf individuals with cochlear implants, the debate about the cochlear implant device and mode of communication continues. Q-methodology was used in this study to explore cochlear implants and language acquisition perspectives within the deaf community. Thirty respondents sorted 33 statements, which were collected from professional literature and mainstream media, into a forced-choice, quasi-normal template. A by-person factor analysis of the Q-sorts revealed 5 model viewpoints: (a) American Sign Language advocate, (b) bilingual advocate, (c) cochlear implant advocate, (d) diverse options advocate, and (e) English visually advocate. Even though the results i... Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4265137 Wed, 15 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0100 4265137 Peer Relationships of Deaf Children With Cochlear Implants: Predictors of Peer Entry and Peer Interaction Success http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4265136&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F16%2F1%2F108%3Frss%3D1 This study investigated factors that affect the development of positive peer relationships among deaf children with cochlear implants. Ten 5- to 6-year-old deaf children with implants were observed under conditions varying peer context difficulty in a Peer Entry task. Results revealed better outcomes for deaf children interacting in one-on-one situations compared to interactions including two other hearing children and better performance among girls than boys. In addition, longer duration of implant use and higher self-esteem were associated with better performance on the Peer Task, which was in turn related to parental reports of children's social functioning outside the experimental situation. These findings contribute to the growing literature describing the benefits of cochlear implant... Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4265136 Wed, 15 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0100 4265136 Looking for an Explanation for the Low Sign Span. Is Order Involved? http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4265135&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F16%2F1%2F101%3Frss%3D1 Although signed and speech-based languages have a similar internal organization of verbal short-term memory, sign span is lower than word span. We investigated whether this is due to the fact that signs are not suited for serial recall, as proposed by Bavelier, Newport, Hall, Supalla, and Boutla (2008. Ordered short-term memory differs in signers and speakers: Implications for models of short-term memory. Cognition, 107, 433–459). We administered a serial recall task with stimuli in Italian Sign Language to 12 deaf people, and we compared their performance with that of twelve age-, gender-, and education-matched hearing participants who performed the task in Italian. The results do not offer evidence for the hypothesis that serial order per se is a detrimental factor for deaf partici... Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4265135 Wed, 15 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0100 4265135 Enhancing Deaf Students' Learning from Sign Language and Text: Metacognition, Modality, and the Effectiveness of Content Scaffolding http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4265134&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F16%2F1%2F79%3Frss%3D1 Four experiments, each building on the results of the previous ones, explored the effects of several manipulations on learning and the accuracy of metacognitive judgments among deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) students. Experiment 1 examined learning and metacognitive accuracy from classroom lectures with or without prior scaffolding in the form of a description of main points and concepts. Experiment 2 compared the benefits of scaffolding when material was read versus when it was presented as a lecture signed for DHH students and spoken for hearing students. Experiment 3 compared scaffolding provided in the form of main points versus vocabulary, and Experiment 4 examined effects of material familiarity and a delay between study and test. Results indicated that although all students had a te... Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4265134 Wed, 15 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0100 4265134 The "Wh" Questions of Visual Phonics: What, Who, Where, When, and Why http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4265133&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F16%2F1%2F66%3Frss%3D1 Visual Phonics is a reading instructional tool that has been implemented in isolated classrooms for over 20 years. In the past 5 years, several experimental studies demonstrated its efficacy with students who are deaf or hard of hearing. Through a national survey with 200 participants, this study specifically addresses who, where, how, and why a sample of teachers use Visual Phonics in their everyday reading instruction. Through checklists of teaching practice, rating scales, and open-ended questions, teachers self-reported their use of Visual Phonics, reflected upon its efficacy, and what they think about using it with students with a diverse set of instructional needs. The majority reported that Visual Phonics was easy to use, engaging to students, and easy to integrate into a structured... Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4265133 Wed, 15 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0100 4265133 How Do Deaf Signers of LSQ and Their Teachers Construct the Meaning of a Written Text? http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4265132&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F16%2F1%2F47%3Frss%3D1 Many studies have investigated why learning to read is so problematic for deaf individuals. However, we still know very little about how to teach reading to signing students. In this article, we report on an exploratory qualitative study of deaf LSQ (Langue des signes québécoise) signers learning to read with two teachers, in an effort to better understand what strategies might be most useful in constructing the meaning of a text. By videotaping reading sessions between each teacher and student, then conducting recall interviews, we found that both students and teachers used a number of strategies to construct meaning. The list of strategies observed was categorized as word attack or global meaning types. Developing readers showed different patterns of strategy use, with more... Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4265132 Wed, 15 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0100 4265132 Using Miscue Analysis to Assess Comprehension in Deaf College Readers http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4265131&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F16%2F1%2F35%3Frss%3D1 For over 30 years, teachers have used miscue analysis as a tool to assess and evaluate the reading abilities of hearing students in elementary and middle schools and to design effective literacy programs. More recently, teachers of deaf and hard-of-hearing students have also reported its usefulness for diagnosing word- and phrase-level reading difficulties and for planning instruction. To our knowledge, miscue analysis has not been used with older, college-age deaf students who might also be having difficulty decoding and understanding text at the word level. The goal of this study was to determine whether such an analysis would be helpful in identifying the source of college students’ reading comprehension difficulties. After analyzing the miscues of 10 college-age readers and the r... Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4265131 Wed, 15 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0100 4265131 Reading and Spelling Abilities of Deaf Adolescents With Cochlear Implants and Hearing Aids http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4265130&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F16%2F1%2F24%3Frss%3D1 A total of 86 deaf children aged between 12 and 16 years were recruited from schools for the deaf, specialist units attached to a school, and mainstream schools. Approximately one-third used hearing aids, one-third had received a cochlear implant before 42 months, and one-third had been implanted later. The 3 subgroups were matched for age and nonverbal IQ, and all had an unaided hearing loss of at least 85 dB. Assessments revealed mean reading ages that were several years below chronological age for all 3 groups. However, participants in the hearing aid group performed best. Reading levels were not predicted by age of diagnosis or degree of hearing loss, but there was a relationship between reading level and presence of phonetic errors in spelling. There were also differences in education... Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4265130 Wed, 15 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0100 4265130 An Analysis of the Reading Strategies Used by Adult and Student Deaf Readers http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4265129&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F16%2F1%2F2%3Frss%3D1 The purpose of this study was to identify and examine effective reading strategies used by adult deaf readers compared with student deaf readers. There were a total of 11 participants: 5 deaf adults ranging from 27 to 36 years and 6 deaf students ranging from 16 to 20 years. Assessment methods included interview and think-aloud procedures in which individuals were interrupted 3 times during the reading of a text to answer questions about their internal cognitive processes. It was found that both student and adult groups had highly skilled readers who demonstrated higher level reading strategies and less skilled readers who demonstrated lower level strategies, and only the highest skilled reader demonstrated both breadth and depth of strategies in all three categories: "constructing meaning... Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4265129 Wed, 15 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0100 4265129 Literacy in the Classroom and Beyond http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4265128&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F16%2F1%2F1%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education) Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4265128 Wed, 15 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0100 4265128 Table of Contents http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4265127&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F16%2F1%2FNP-c%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education) Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4265127 Wed, 15 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0100 4265127 Subscription http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4265126&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F16%2F1%2FNP-b%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education) Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4265126 Wed, 15 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0100 4265126 Eboard http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4265125&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F16%2F1%2FNP-a%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education) Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4265125 Wed, 15 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0100 4265125 Cover http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4265124&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F16%2F1%2FNP%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education) Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4265124 Wed, 15 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0100 4265124 "Deaf Identities" Is Not a Plural Form of "Deaf Identity" http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3914767&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F15%2F4%2F447%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education) Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3914767 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:44:20 +0100 3914767 A Book to Fill in Cracks http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3914766&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F15%2F4%2F446%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education) Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3914766 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:44:20 +0100 3914766 Vibration Signaling in Mobile Devices for Emergency Alerting: A Study With Deaf Evaluators http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3914765&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F15%2F4%2F438%3Frss%3D1 In the United States, a nationwide Commercial Mobile Alert Service (CMAS) is being planned to alert cellular mobile device subscribers to emergencies occurring near the location of the mobile device. The plan specifies a unique audio attention signal as well as a unique vibration attention signal (for mobile devices set to vibrate) to identify that the incoming message pertains to an emergency. Ratings of vibration signals of varying lengths and patterns were obtained from 44 deaf users of mobile devices for the perceived effectiveness of the signal in getting their attention in an emergency situation. Longer signals received higher ratings than shorter ones, and three signals with temporal on–off patterns were rated significantly better than a constant vibration. The U.S. government... Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3914765 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:44:20 +0100 3914765 Pragmatic Abilities of Children With Hearing Loss Using Cochlear Implants or Hearing Aids Compared to Hearing Children http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3914764&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F15%2F4%2F422%3Frss%3D1 This study characterized the profile of pragmatic abilities among 24 children with hearing loss (HL) aged 6.3–9.4 years, 13 using hearing aids (HAs) and 11 using cochlear implants (CIs), in comparison to those of 13 hearing children with similar chronological and language ages. All the children with HL used spoken language, attended regular schools, and received communication therapy twice a week. They had no disabilities other than the HL. We assessed pragmatic abilities using the pragmatic protocol of C. A. Prutting & D. M. Kirchner (1987. A clinical appraisal of the pragmatic aspects of language. Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 52, 105–119), which includes verbal, nonverbal, and paralinguistic aspects. Findings showed that children with HL used varied pragmatic ... Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3914764 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:44:20 +0100 3914764 Children With Cochlear Implants in Australia: Educational Settings, Supports, and Outcomes http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3914763&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F15%2F4%2F405%3Frss%3D1 This Australian study examined the communication, academic, and social outcomes of pediatric cochlear implantation from the perspectives of teachers working with children with cochlear implants. The children were aged from 1 to 18 years and attended a range of educational settings in early intervention, primary, and secondary schooling. One hundred and fifty-one teachers completed a survey on one child with a cochlear implant and 15 of these teachers were interviewed. Teachers reported their perceptions of children's functional outcomes in a range of communication, academic, social, independence, and identity areas. Reported achievements in literacy, numeracy, and social development were below class levels. Implications for educational authorities and professionals working with children wi... Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3914763 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:44:20 +0100 3914763 Parents' Views on Changes in Their Child's Communication and Linguistic and Socioemotional Development After Cochlear Implantation http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3914762&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F15%2F4%2F383%3Frss%3D1 Our aim was to obtain versatile information on the communication and socioemotional development of implanted children in their everyday environment. We studied 18 children implanted unilaterally at the mean age of 3 years 4 months. All had normal nonverbal intelligence, but 8 (44%) had concomitant problems. Their parents filled out semistructured questionnaires at 6 months and then annually 1–5 years after activation. Parents reported a change from use of signs to speech, and changes in the children's vocal behavior and spoken language development. They also reported that children had calmed down and showed an increased sense of self-confidence and safety with an expanded social life. The greatest changes started to take place 1 year after implantation. Five years after implantation,... Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3914762 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:44:20 +0100 3914762 Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students' Experiences in Mainstream and Separate Postsecondary Education http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3914761&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F15%2F4%2F358%3Frss%3D1 In order to better understand academic achievement among deaf and hard-of-hearing students in different educational placements, an exploratory study examined the experiences of postsecondary students enrolled in mainstream programs (with hearing students) versus separate programs (without hearing students) at the same institution. The Course Experience Questionnaire, the Revised Approaches to Studying Inventory, and the Classroom Participation Questionnaire were utilized to obtain information concerning their perceptions, participation, and access to information in the classroom. Both groups were concerned with good teaching and the acquisition of generic skills. Both were motivated by the demands of their assessments and by a fear of failure while being alert to both positive and negative... Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3914761 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:44:20 +0100 3914761 How Are They Really Doing? Observation of Inclusionary Classroom Participation for Children With Mild-to-Moderate Deafness http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3914760&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F15%2F4%2F348%3Frss%3D1 Direct observation was utilized to study how 5 children with mild-to-moderate deafness participated within inclusive classroom settings. Responses to practice and prompt opportunities, levels of prompting required to follow classroom directions, and engagement were analyzed across students with mild-to-moderate deafness and were compared to students with normal hearing. Similar responses to practice and prompt opportunities were observed across students, and engagement data indicated that 4 children with mild-to-moderate deafness had similar rates to their peers. However, children with mild-to-moderate deafness required higher levels of prompting and were less accurate at following classwide verbal prompts. Agreement data on variables ranged between 83% and 99%, with the exception of 2 pro... Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3914760 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:44:19 +0100 3914760 Deaf Students and Their Classroom Communication: An Evaluation of Higher Order Categorical Interactions Among School and Background Characteristics http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3914759&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F15%2F4%2F334%3Frss%3D1 This article investigated to what extent age, use of a cochlear implant, parental hearing status, and use of sign in the home determine language of instruction for profoundly deaf children. Categorical data from 8,325 profoundly deaf students from the 2008 Annual Survey of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children and Youth were analyzed using chi-square automated interaction detector, a stepwise analytic procedure that allows the assessment of higher order interactions among categorical variables. Results indicated that all characteristics were significantly related to classroom communication modality. Although younger and older students demonstrated a different distribution of communication modality, for both younger and older students, cochlear implantation had the greatest effect on differenti... Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3914759 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:44:19 +0100 3914759 Toward a Theory of Deaf Ethnos: Deafnicity {approx} D/deaf (Homaemon * Homoglosson * Homothreskon) http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3914758&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F15%2F4%2F317%3Frss%3D1 This article provides an overview of key contributions to race and ethnicity discourse in the 20th century, identifies epistemological and ontological errors to avoid, suggests adherence to the classical Greek concept of ethnos as an alternative to ethnie, and argues for the continuing significance of Deaf ethnicity. Specifically, I propose that Deaf ethnicity is a triadic relational nexus that approximates communities of origin, language, and religion. This is expressed as Deafnicity D/deaf (Hómaemon • Homóglosson • Homóthreskon). Deafnicity offers a promising alternative for examining relations between Deaf and hearing communities, exploring variance between nationalized Deaf communities, and expanding our understanding of audism. (Source: Journal of Deaf S... Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3914758 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:44:19 +0100 3914758 Table of Contents http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3914757&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F15%2F4%2FNP-c%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education) Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3914757 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:44:19 +0100 3914757 Subscription http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3914756&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F15%2F4%2FNP-b%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education) Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3914756 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:44:19 +0100 3914756 Eboard http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3914755&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F15%2F4%2FNP-a%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education) Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3914755 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:44:19 +0100 3914755 Cover http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3914754&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F15%2F4%2FNP%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education) Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3914754 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:44:19 +0100 3914754 Stories for the Living http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3632165&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F15%2F3%2F315%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education) Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3632165 Fri, 04 Jun 2010 15:03:23 +0100 3632165 An Eye-Widening Experience http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3632164&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F15%2F3%2F314%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education) Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3632164 Fri, 04 Jun 2010 15:03:23 +0100 3632164 Making Contact Through Signed Languages http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3632163&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F15%2F3%2F313%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education) Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3632163 Fri, 04 Jun 2010 15:03:23 +0100 3632163 The One Book http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3632162&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F15%2F3%2F312%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education) Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3632162 Fri, 04 Jun 2010 15:03:23 +0100 3632162 Understanding the Interpretation ... It Is How You Sign It! http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3632161&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F15%2F3%2F311%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education) Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3632161 Fri, 04 Jun 2010 15:03:23 +0100 3632161 The Relationship of Audibility and the Development of Canonical Babbling in Young Children With Hearing Impairment http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3632160&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F15%2F3%2F287%3Frss%3D1 This article investigated the relationship between age at onset of canonical babbling and audibility of amplified speech in children with hearing impairment. Thirteen children with severe–profound hearing impairment and two children with normal hearing participated in a longitudinal investigation of vocalization development. A nonconcurrent multiple baseline design was used to analyze vocalization recordings obtained during two phases (hearing aid [HA] and cochlear implant [CI]). Audibility during HA and CI use was calculated using the Speech Intelligibility Index (SII). Earlier ages of canonical babble onset were related to greater audibility of the speech signal during HA use. Children who developed canonical babble had an SII of .35 or greater. SII was a statistically significant ... Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3632160 Fri, 04 Jun 2010 15:03:23 +0100 3632160 Language Development in a Hearing and a Deaf Twin With Simultaneous Bilateral Cochlear Implants http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3632159&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F15%2F3%2F274%3Frss%3D1 This case study is an examination of the language development of a single pair of fraternal twins—one with a profound, sensorineural hearing loss who received simultaneous bilateral cochlear implants at 1 year of age and the other with normal hearing. The purpose of the study was to compare the twins’ language development over time from 6 months to almost 3 years of age. Findings suggest that early simultaneous bilateral implantation supports the development of age-appropriate language, thus increasing the potential for overall progress commensurate with hearing age peers. (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education) Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3632159 Fri, 04 Jun 2010 15:03:23 +0100 3632159 Bilingualism and Attention: A Study of Balanced and Unbalanced Bilingual Deaf Users of American Sign Language and English http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3632158&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F15%2F3%2F263%3Frss%3D1 This study explores the effects of bimodal-bilingualism (in American Sign Language and written English) on attention switching, in order to contrast the roles of bilingual proficiency and age of acquisition in relation to cognitive flexibility among deaf adults. Results indicated a strong high-proficiency bilingual advantage in the higher order attention task. The level of proficiency in 2 languages appears to be the driving force for cognitive flexibility. However, additional data are needed to reach conclusive interpretation for the influence of age of second language acquisition on higher order attention-switching ability and associated cognitive flexibility. (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education) Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3632158 Fri, 04 Jun 2010 15:03:23 +0100 3632158 Do Sign Language Videos Improve Web Navigation for Deaf Signer Users? http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3632157&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F15%2F3%2F242%3Frss%3D1 The efficacy of video-based sign language (SL) navigation aids to improve Web search for Deaf Signers was tested by two experiments. Experiment 1 compared 2 navigation aids based on text hyperlinks linked to embedded SL videos, which differed in the spatial contiguity between the text hyperlink and SL video (contiguous vs. distant). Deaf Signers’ performance was similar in Web search using both aids, but a positive correlation between their word categorization abilities and search efficiency appeared in the distant condition. In Experiment 2, the contiguous condition was compared with a text-only hyperlink condition. Deaf Signers became less disorientated (used shorter paths to find the target) in the text plus SL condition than in the text-only condition. In addition, the positive c... Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3632157 Fri, 04 Jun 2010 15:03:23 +0100 3632157 The Communication Skills Used by Deaf Children and Their Hearing Peers in a Question-and-Answer Game Context http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3632156&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F15%2F3%2F228%3Frss%3D1 This study explored the communication skills used by deaf/HH children when asking and answering questions in a "trivia" game with their hearing peers. Thirty-four children with normal hearing and 34 children with a hearing loss ranging from mild to profound (>90 dB HL) participated in this study. Each of the 34 dyads included 1 child with normal hearing and 1 child with hearing loss, matched by gender and grade level at school. Dyads were videotaped and analyzed. Pairs were compared in terms of their capacity to repeat the question, strategies used to seek information, and accuracy of responses. Results showed that the group of hearing children was able to repeat more questions verbatim compared to the deaf/HH children. The deaf/HH group required a significantly greater number of repeti... Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3632156 Fri, 04 Jun 2010 15:03:23 +0100 3632156 Deaf Adults' Reasons for Genetic Testing Depend on Cultural Affiliation: Results From a Prospective, Longitudinal Genetic Counseling and Testing Study http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3632155&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F15%2F3%2F209%3Frss%3D1 This article examines the relationship between cultural affiliation and deaf adults’ motivations for genetic testing for deafness in the first prospective, longitudinal study to examine the impact of genetic counseling and genetic testing on deaf adults and the deaf community. Participants (n = 256), classified as affiliating with hearing, Deaf, or both communities, rated interest in testing for 21 reasons covering 5 life domains. Findings suggest strong interest in testing to learn why they are deaf, but little interest in using it for decisions about a partner or having children. Culturally mediated variation was also demonstrated. Deaf and both communities groups viewed testing as useful for more life domains than the hearing community group. Deaf and both communities had similar ... Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3632155 Fri, 04 Jun 2010 15:03:23 +0100 3632155 Table of Contents http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3632154&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F15%2F3%2FNP-c%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education) Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3632154 Fri, 04 Jun 2010 15:03:23 +0100 3632154 Subscription http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3632153&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F15%2F3%2FNP-b%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education) Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3632153 Fri, 04 Jun 2010 15:03:23 +0100 3632153 Eboard http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3632152&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F15%2F3%2FNP-a%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education) Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3632152 Fri, 04 Jun 2010 15:03:23 +0100 3632152 Cover http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3632151&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F15%2F3%2FNP%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education) Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3632151 Fri, 04 Jun 2010 15:03:23 +0100 3632151 A World Perspective on Deaf People http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3350050&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F15%2F2%2F208%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education) Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3350050 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:55:16 +0100 3350050 Growing Up Deaf in a Developing Country http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3350049&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F15%2F2%2F207%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education) Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3350049 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:55:16 +0100 3350049 To Sign Is Human http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3350048&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F15%2F2%2F206%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education) Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3350048 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:55:16 +0100 3350048 Achieving Successful Partnerships: Deaf Professionals and Designated Interpreters http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3350047&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F15%2F2%2F205%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education) Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3350047 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:55:16 +0100 3350047 The Trials and Triumphs of Black Deaf Students http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3350046&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F15%2F2%2F204%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education) Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3350046 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:55:16 +0100 3350046 Science and Evidence of Success: Two Emerging Issues in Assessment Accommodations for Students Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3350045&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F15%2F2%2F185%3Frss%3D1 In the United States, students who are deaf or hard of hearing (SDHH) are required to participate in high-stakes standardized assessments under No Child Left Behind reforms. In 2006–2007, states added science to reading and mathematics as a tested content area. Many SDHH participate in these assessments using testing accommodations, but teachers have few evidence-based resources to draw upon when making accommodations decisions. Two research questions guided this study: (a) What were patterns of SDHH 2006–2007 test accommodations use in state standardized assessments in mathematics, reading, and science? (b) What evidence did teachers use to determine the effectiveness of accommodations for SDHH? A total of 290 participants described their assessment practices with SDHH via an ... Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3350045 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:55:16 +0100 3350045 An Investigation Into the Length of Hospital Stay for Deaf Mental Health Service Users http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3350044&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F15%2F2%2F179%3Frss%3D1 This study looked at the average length of hospital stay for inpatients in a specialist deaf mental health service over a 10-year period, in comparison to that of a general psychiatric hearing cohort. In addition, two case studies of deaf inpatients were carried out looking specifically at the prerequisite factors governing discharge. Finally, a comparison of the types of community-based services available to deaf and hearing service users was undertaken in order to establish whether there was now a similarity of provision for both groups. The conclusion reached was that deaf inpatients are likely to remain in hospital twice as long as their hearing peers, but explanations for this difference may not necessarily be solely of a clinical nature. There is some evidence to suggest that social ... Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3350044 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:55:16 +0100 3350044 Coming to a Decision About Cochlear Implantation: Parents Making Choices for their Deaf Children http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3350043&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F15%2F2%2F162%3Frss%3D1 This study combined quantitative and qualitative methods in a sequential approach to investigate the experiences of parents making decisions about cochlear implants for their deaf children. Quantitative findings from a survey instrument completed by 247 parents were extended and elaborated by qualitative findings from in-depth interviews with 27 of the survey respondents. Although parents used a variety of information sources when considering an implant, cochlear implant centers and doctors comprised their major source of information. Most parents found the decision-making process difficult and stressful, but a proportion reported finding the decision easy, believing that there was no other option for their child, and were keen for implantation to proceed as soon as possible. Implications ... Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3350043 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:55:16 +0100 3350043 Hearing Experience and Receptive Vocabulary Development in Deaf Children With Cochlear Implants http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3350042&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F15%2F2%2F149%3Frss%3D1 This study investigated receptive vocabulary delay in deaf children with cochlear implants. Participants were 23 children with profound hearing loss, ages 6–14 years, who received a cochlear implant between ages 1.4 and 6 years. Duration of cochlear implant use ranged from 3.7 to 11.8 years. Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, Third Edition (PPVT-III) data were analyzed first by examining children’s errors for evidence of difficulty in specific lexical content areas, and second by calculating standard scores with reference to hearing age (HA) (i.e., chronological age [CA] – age at implantation) rather than CA. Participants showed evidence of vocabulary understanding across all PPVT-III content categories with no strong evidence of disproportionate numbers of errors in any sp... Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3350042 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:55:16 +0100 3350042 Reading Mechanisms in Orally Educated Deaf Adults http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3350041&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F15%2F2%2F136%3Frss%3D1 This study was aimed at determining the reading mechanisms used by deaf adults who had completed secondary or higher education. Our main hypothesis was that they used a reading strategy consisting of identifying (some of) the key words of sentences and deriving an overall representation of their meaning. All the predictions derived from this hypothesis were supported by the results. In addition, an orthographic test showed that they possessed an orthographic lexicon richer than hearing group of the same reading level. This is in harmony with the key word strategy. Finally, most of the deaf participants (12 out of 14) reached scores in metaphonological tasks slightly under the level reached by the hearing group. It is speculated that the mechanisms of reading and spelling at play in deaf ad... Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3350041 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:55:16 +0100 3350041 Reading Motivation, Reading Amount, and Text Comprehension in Deaf and Hearing Adults http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3350040&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F15%2F2%2F120%3Frss%3D1 The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between the variables of reading motivation, reading amount, and text comprehension in deaf and hearing adults. Research has shown that less than 50% of deaf students leave high school reading at or above a fourth-grade level (Allen, 1994). Our question is, how does this affect the levels of reading motivation and amount of reading in which deaf adults engage? Assessments of 30 hearing and 24 deaf adults showed that deaf participants reported significantly higher levels of reading motivation despite having been found to read at less than a sixth-grade level. No significant difference in the amount of reading between hearing and deaf adults was found. Amount of reading for personal reasons was found to be the best predictor of text co... Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3350040 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:55:16 +0100 3350040 Assessment of Sign Language Development: The Case of Deaf Children in the Netherlands http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3350039&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F15%2F2%2F107%3Frss%3D1 In this article, we will describe the development of an assessment instrument for Sign Language of the Netherlands (SLN) for deaf children in bilingual education programs. The assessment instrument consists of nine computerized tests in which the receptive and expressive language skills of deaf children at different linguistic levels (phonology, vocabulary, morphosyntax, and narration) are assessed. We will describe how the instrument was developed and normed, and present some psychometric properties of the instrument. (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education) Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3350039 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:55:16 +0100 3350039 Table of Contents http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3350038&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F15%2F2%2FNP-c%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education) Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3350038 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:55:16 +0100 3350038 Subscription http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3350037&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F15%2F2%2FNP-b%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education) Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3350037 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:55:15 +0100 3350037 Eboard http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3350036&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F15%2F2%2FNP-a%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education) Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3350036 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:55:15 +0100 3350036 Cover http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3350035&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F15%2F2%2FNP%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education) Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3350035 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:55:15 +0100 3350035 Gallaudet: Trendsetter or Replicator? http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3066799&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F15%2F1%2F105%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education) Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3066799 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:06:53 +0100 3066799 A (Not So) Modest Proposal http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3066798&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F15%2F1%2F104%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education) Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3066798 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:06:53 +0100 3066798 The Implicit Nature of Access for Deaf Persons http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3066797&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F15%2F1%2F103%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education) Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3066797 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:06:53 +0100 3066797 Uncommon Stories: A Belief in Equal Rights http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3066796&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F15%2F1%2F102%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education) Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3066796 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:06:53 +0100 3066796 Technology-Enhanced Shared Reading With Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children: The Role of a Fluent Signing Narrator http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3066795&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F15%2F1%2F72%3Frss%3D1 Early shared reading experiences have been shown to benefit normally hearing children. It has been hypothesized that hearing parents of deaf or hard-of-hearing children may be uncomfortable or may lack adequate skills to engage in shared reading activities. A factor that may contribute to the widely cited reading difficulties seen in the majority of deaf children is a lack of early linguistic and literacy exposure that come from early shared reading experiences with an adult who is competent in the language of the child. A single-subject-design research study is described, which uses technology along with parent training in an attempt to enhance the shared reading experiences in this population of children. The results indicate that our technology-enhanced shared reading led to a greater t... Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3066795 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:06:53 +0100 3066795 Actual Versus Desired Family-Centered Practice in Early Intervention for Children With Hearing Loss http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3066794&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F15%2F1%2F59%3Frss%3D1 This article examined mothers’ and professionals’ assessments of actual and desired parental involvement in 6 educational centers in Israel that implement an EIP for young children with HL and their parents. Hundred twenty mothers and 60 professionals participated in the study. Data were collected via FOCAS: Family Orientation of Community and Agency Services questionnaire (family and professional versions) that were initially designed in the United States for measuring the level of collaboration between professionals and parents in the course of early intervention. Descriptive statistics and t-test analyses were calculated. The findings indicated that parental involvement in the programs was perceived by mothers and professionals as satisfactorily family centered. However, the... Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3066794 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:06:53 +0100 3066794 Psychosocial Development in a Danish Population of Children With Cochlear Implants and Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3066793&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F15%2F1%2F50%3Frss%3D1 This study evaluates the prevalence of psychosocial difficulties in a Danish population in relation to different explanatory variables. Five scales and questionnaires measuring sign language, spoken language, hearing abilities, and psychosocial difficulties were given to 334 children with hearing loss. Results show that the prevalence of psychosocial difficulties was 3.7 times greater compared with a group of hearing children. In the group of children with additional disabilities, the prevalence was 3 times greater compared with children without additional disabilities. If sign language and/or oral language abilities are good, the children do not have a substantially higher level of psychosocial difficulties than do hearing children. This study documents the importance of communication&mda... Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3066793 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:06:53 +0100 3066793 Deaf Studies: A Critique of the Predominant U.S. Theoretical Direction http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3066792&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F15%2F1%2F30%3Frss%3D1 The focus and concerns establishing Deaf Studies in the 1970s have rigidified into a reactive stance toward changing historical conditions and the variety of deaf lives today. This critique analyzes the theoretical foundation of this stance: a tendency to downplay established research in the field of Deaf Studies and linguistics, the employment of outdated examples of discrimination, an uncritical acceptance of Derrida's phonocentrism, flawed uses of Saussure's linguistic theory, and reliance on the limiting metaphor of colonialism. The purpose of the critique ultimately is to point Deaf Studies in a new direction. Issues with conceptualizing an expanded Deaf Studies are the focus of a companion article (this issue), "Inclusive Deaf Studies: Barriers and Pathways." (Source: Journal of Deaf... Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3066792 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:06:53 +0100 3066792 Inclusive Deaf Studies: Barriers and Pathways http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3066791&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F15%2F1%2F17%3Frss%3D1 Joining scholars signaling the need for new directions in Deaf Studies, the authors recommend a more expansive, nuanced, and interdisciplinary approach that encompasses the many ways deaf people live today. Rather than destroy Deaf culture, this approach is the only realistic way to allow it and Deaf Studies to survive. Deaf Studies today continues the focus of founding scholarship on native White American Sign Language users, now head of a powerful hierarchy through which they receive privileged status at the expense of deaf people with different language backgrounds and races or ethnicities. This marginalization is unsustainable and impedes knowledge. A companion article (this issue), "Deaf Studies: A Critique of the Predominant U.S. Theoretical Direction," analyzes this reactive stance ... Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3066791 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:06:53 +0100 3066791 Deaf Utopias? Reviewing the Sociocultural Literature on the World's "Martha's Vineyard Situations" http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3066790&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F15%2F1%2F3%3Frss%3D1 This article critically reviews the existing literature and raises new questions regarding the study and theorizing of such communities. (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education) Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3066790 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:06:53 +0100 3066790 Deaf Studies by Any Other Name? http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3066788&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F15%2F1%2F1%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education) Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3066788 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:06:53 +0100 3066788 Table of Contents http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3066787&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F15%2F1%2FNP-c%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education) Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3066787 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:06:53 +0100 3066787 Subscription http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3066786&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F15%2F1%2FNP-b%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education) Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3066786 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:06:53 +0100 3066786 Eboard http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3066785&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F15%2F1%2FNP-a%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education) Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3066785 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:06:53 +0100 3066785 Cover http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3066784&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F15%2F1%2FNP%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education) Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3066784 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:06:53 +0100 3066784 A Clear Treat! http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2761658&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F14%2F4%2F519%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education) Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2761658 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2761658 Psychotherapy: A Guided Tour Down the Yellow Brick Road of Life http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2761657&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F14%2F4%2F518%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education) Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2761657 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2761657 Inside the "Lifeworlds" of Deaf Adolescents http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2761656&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F14%2F4%2F517%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education) Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2761656 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2761656 What We Know, Do Not Know and Need To Know About Deafness and Cognition http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2761655&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F14%2F4%2F516%3Frss%3D1 (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education) Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2761655 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2761655 Investigating the Technical Adequacy of Curriculum-Based Measurement in Written Expression for Students Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2761654&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F14%2F4%2F503%3Frss%3D1 This study investigated the technical adequacy of curriculum-based measures of written expression (CBM-W) in terms of writing prompts and scoring methods for deaf and hard-of-hearing students. Twenty-two students at the secondary school-level completed 3-min essays within two weeks, which were scored for nine existing and alternative curriculum-based measurement (CBM) scoring methods. The technical features of the nine scoring methods were examined for interrater reliability, alternate-form reliability, and criterion-related validity. The existing CBM scoring method—number of correct minus incorrect word sequences—yielded the highest reliability and validity coefficients. The findings from this study support the use of the CBM-W as a reliable and valid tool for assessing genera... Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2761654 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2761654 The Experiences of Cypriot Hearing Adults With Deaf Parents in Family, School, and Society http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2761653&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F14%2F4%2F486%3Frss%3D1 This study has implications for Deaf parents, and professionals working, planning, and implementing social, psychological, and educational support services to Deaf-parented families. (Source: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education) Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2761653 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2761653 Language Achievement in Children Who Received Cochlear Implants Between 1 and 2 Years of Age: Group Trends and Individual Patterns http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2761652&cid=s_25318_161_f&fid=25318&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjdsde.oxfordjournals.org%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fshort%2F14%2F4%2F465%3Frss%3D1 This study examined receptive and expressive vocabulary and grammar achievement of French-speaking children (n = 27) who received a cochlear implant (CI) between the age of 1 and 2. Standardized measures of language achievement were administered and the language levels attained by children with CIs were compared with that of the normative sample of same-age hearing peers for each measure. As a group, children exhibited language levels within normal limits in all standardized language measures. Examination of individual patterns revealed four different language profiles ranging from normal language levels in all domains to general language delay. Half the participants displayed language levels on par with similar-age peers at the word level; less than half the children obtained average perf... Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2761652 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2761652