We examined the language and reading progress of 336 young DHH children in
kindergarten, first and second grades. Trained assessors tested children's language …

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 concise overview of key findings and ideas in sign language phonology and its
contributions to related fields, including historical linguistics, morphology, prosody, language …

Better understanding of the mechanisms underlying early reading skills can lead to
improved interventions. Hence, the purpose of this study was to examine multivariate …

Gaze following plays a role in parent–infant communication and is a key mechanism by
which infants acquire information about the world from social input. Gaze following in Deaf …

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the interdisciplinary field of
grapholinguistics, treating questions concerning both the structure and use of writing …

Bilingual bimodalism is a great benefit to deaf children at home and in schooling. Deaf
signing children perform better overall than non-signing deaf children, regardless of whether …

Inquiry into the evolution of some biological system evidently can proceed only as far as its
nature is understood. Lacking such understanding, its manifestations are likely to appear to …

Children with insufficient exposure to language during critical developmental periods in
infancy are at risk for cognitive, language, and social deficits [55]. This is especially difficult …

Children, including those who are deaf, become aware of and learn about their
environments through playing and social and cultural interactions. For most deaf children …