Advances in the Spoken-Language Development of Deaf and Hard-Of-Hearing Children

by Patricia Elizabeth Spencer

Book Overview

Throughout history there have been efforts to help deaf children develop spoken language through which they could have full access to the hearing world. These efforts, although pursued seriously and with great care, frequently proved fruitless, and often only resulted in passionate arguments over the efficacy of particular approaches. Although some deaf children did develop spoken language, there was little evidence to suggest that this development...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195179870
• ISBN13: 9780195179873
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.5" x 9.2"