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Advances in the sign language development of deaf children
Research on the characteristics of sign languages not only improve services to deaf children, but also contribute to our understanding of language development. This volume provides cogent summaries of what is known about early gestural development, visual communication and the processes of semantic, syntactic and pragmatic development in sign.
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Nurturing language and learning : development of deaf and hard-of-hearing infants and toddlers
Using a developmental approach, this book combines a review of up-to-date data with theory and first-hand observations to provide guidelines for development of deaf and hard-of-hearing children (birth to age 3) and ways professionals and parents can best support their learning and language development.
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The Oxford handbook of deaf studies in language
Language development, and the challenges it can present for individuals who are deaf or hard-of-hearing have long been a focus of research, theory, and practice in D/deaf studies and deaf education. Over the past 150 years, advances in the acquisition and development of language competencies and skills have been increasingly rapidly. The Oxford Handbook of Deaf Studies in Language addresses many of those accomplishments (as well as remaining challenges and new questions that have arisen) from multiple perspectives: theoretical, linguistic, social-emotional, neuro-biological, and socio-cultural.The result is a volume that addresses, in detail, current knowledge, emerging questions, and innovative educational practice in a variety of contexts.
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The Association between Language and Symbolic Play at Two Years: Evidence from Deaf Toddlers
The association between expressive language and symbolic play was investigated in 3 groups of 2‐year‐olds: deaf children with hearing parents (dH), deaf children with deaf parents (dD), and hearing children with hearing parents (hH). (Each group included 6 girls and 4 boys.) 3 language‐level groups were defined. The highest group was well into the vocabulary “explosion” and frequently produced multiword/sign utterances; a middle group was beginning the period of vocabulary expansion and occasionally produced utterances of more than 1 word/sign; a third group produced single word/sign utterances only, and had a limited vocabulary. Hearing status was associated with duration of symbolic play (deaf > hearing). Higher language levels were associated with more canonically sequenced and preplanned play, even when language delays were due to exogenous factors.
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Play, Language, and Maternal Responsiveness: A Longitudinal Study of Deaf and Hearing Infants
Language, maternal responsiveness, and developmental play levels were investigated in 43 middle‐class dyads at 9, 12, and 18 months: hearing child/hearing mother (hH), deaf child/deaf mother (dD), deaf child/hearing mother (dH). Group dH provides information about play when language is delayed and maternal responsiveness decreased. Group dD provides information on developmental effects of diminished audition. There were no 9‐month group play differences. At 12 months, hH infants displayed more representational play than infants in either deaf group (p < .001). At 18 months, hH and dD children displayed more preplanned play than dH children (p= .01). At 12 and 18 months, language was associated only marginally with play levels. Maternal responsiveness was significantly associated with 18‐month‐olds' preplanned play (p= .01).
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Ethical decision making in the Indian mediascape: Reporters and their stories
Hundreds of reporters gather and interpret news for four English-language newspapers in India’s second-largest urban area Kolkata, West Bengal’s state capital, which is home to over 4 million people. Journalists from The Statesman, The Telegraph-Kolkata, The Hindustan Times and The Times of India discuss how they collect their stories in Bengali, Hindi, Urdu, and many other languages and write them in English targeting a small but emerging middle-class audience. Whether these articles focus on people-centric urban planning, armed vigilantes in community disputes, dowry death cases, or celebrity culture, all of the reporting involves cultural and ethical challenges. Using semi-structured interviewing and qualitative theme analysis, this study explores how gender, class, and religion affect the decision-making practices of 21 journalists working in Kolkata.
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It Seems Like Only Yesterday
Knowledge and practices related to development of language and language-related skills of deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) individuals have advanced significantly over the past 40 to 50 years. Advances have been supported by increased collaboration across disciplines, easier and more rapid communications, more sophisticated understanding of the nature of language(s), more sensitive and varied intervention and education approaches, and methods for early identification of hearing status and subsequent earlier experiences with language. Developmental expectations for DHH children born in the 21st century are significantly brighter than for those born only a few decades earlier. However, questions and challenges remain. In most cases, though, the questions themselves have become more complex, more specific, and increasingly likely to lead to further advances.
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The Association between Language and Symbolic Play at Two Years: Evidence from Deaf Toddlers
The association between expressive language and symbolic play was investigated in 3 groups of 2-year-olds: deaf children with hearing parents (dH), deaf children with deaf parents (dD), and hearing children with hearing parents (hH). (Each group included 6 girls and 4 boys.) 3 language-level groups were defined. The highest group was well into the vocabulary \"explosion\" and frequently produced multiword/sign utterances; a middle group was beginning the period of vocabulary expansion and occasionally produced utterances of more than 1 word/sign; a third group produced single word/sign utterances only, and had a limited vocabulary. Hearing status was associated with duration of symbolic play (deaf > hearing). Higher language levels were associated with more canonically sequenced and preplanned play, even when language delays were due to exogenous factors.
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Inner lives of deaf children : interviews and analysis
By conducting interviews with seven deaf children, ages seven to ten, Martha Sheridan offers a fresh look at their private thoughts and feelings in this watershed book. Each child possesses a unique cultural background, and Sheridan communicated with each in his or her preferred method of communication. Her procedure remained consistent with each: In addition to standard questions, Sheridan asked each child to draw a picture based on his or her life, then tell a story about it. Next, she showed them magazine pictures and asked them to describe what they saw.
The results proved to be as varied as they were engaging. Angie, an adopted deaf girl who communicates in Signed English, expressed a desire to attend a hearing college when she grows up while also stating she hoped her own children will be deaf. Joe, an African-American, hard of hearing boy, drew pictures of deaf people who are teased in a public school, reflecting his own difficult experiences.
Sheridan calls upon her tenure as a social worker as well as her own experience as a deaf child growing up in a hearing family in analyzing her study's results. She writes, \"These children have strengths, they have positive experiences, and they enjoy positive relationships.\" Inner Lives of Deaf Children will prove to be an enlightening read for parents and scholars alike.
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