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Deaf students and their classroom communication: an evaluation of higher order categorical interactions among school and background characteristics.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20624758     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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 differentiating students into communication modalities, yielding greater gains in the speech-only category for implanted students. For all subgroups defined by age and implantation status, the use of sign at home further segregated the sample into communication modality subgroups, reducing the likelihood of speech only and increasing the placement of students into signing classroom settings. Implications for future research in the field of deaf education are discussed.
Authors:
Thomas E Allen; Melissa L Anderson
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.     Date:  2010-07-11
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of deaf studies and deaf education     Volume:  15     ISSN:  1465-7325     ISO Abbreviation:  J Deaf Stud Deaf Educ     Publication Date:  2010  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-08-31     Completed Date:  2011-01-19     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9889915     Medline TA:  J Deaf Stud Deaf Educ     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  334-47     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Science of Learning Center on Visual Language and Visual Learning, Gallaudet University, SLCC 1223, 800 Florida Avenue, North East, Washington, DC 20002, USA. thomas.allen@gallaudet.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adolescent
Age Factors
Chi-Square Distribution
Child
Cochlear Implants
Cognition
Communication*
Culture*
Deafness / physiopathology,  psychology*,  rehabilitation
Decision Trees
Hearing Impaired Persons
Humans
Likelihood Functions
Parents
Schools*
Sign Language
Socialization
Speech
Teaching

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