Purpose There is a need to better understand the epidemiological relationship between
language development and psychiatric symptomatology. Language development can be …

The purpose of this literature review is to present the arguments in support of
conceptualizing deaf children as 'English Learners', to explore the educational implications …

A long-standing belief is that sign language interferes with spoken language development in
deaf children, despite a chronic lack of evidence supporting this belief. This deserves …

Deaf children who are not provided with a sign language early in their development are at
risk of linguistic deprivation; they may never be fluent in any language, and they may have …

Deaf People and Society is an authoritative text that emphasizes the complexities of being
D/deaf, DeafBlind, Deaf-Disabled, or hard of hearing, drawing on perspectives from …

In recent years, normed signed language assessments have become a useful tool for
researchers, practitioners, and advocates. Nevertheless, there are limitations in their …

Most Deaf children are born to hearing parents, who have little to no experience with Deaf
people, their language, or their culture. These parents struggle with how to raise a Deaf …

Deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) children experience systematic barriers to equitable
education due to intentional or unintentional ableist views that can lead to a general lack of …

The matter of raising and educating deaf children has been caught up in percepts of
development that are persistently inaccurate and at odds with scientific research. These …

What can be done to ensure that early intervention programs collaborate with deaf adults
and provide families with newly identified deaf newborns with immediate and multiple …