As we learn more about child language development, we are curious as to how each individual child best develops the necessary skills to succeed. In today’s world, we are constantly being bombarded with technology; on average, people use apps on their devices between 194-223 days a year (Pontin et al., 2021). With the increasingly large […]
B26: Critically Evaluating Apps Used to Teach Social Skills to Young Children
As we learn more about child language development, we are curious as to how each individual child best develops the necessary skills to succeed. In today’s world, we are constantly being bombarded with technology; on average, people use apps on their devices between 194-223 days a year (Pontin et al., 2021). With the increasingly large […]
B44: Characteristics of Teacher Signing in a School-Based Setting for Children with Apraxia of Speech
Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) is a motor speech disorder impacting the ability to plan the motor movements necessary for speech production. CAS affects 0.1-0.2% of all children and often those with CAS receive intervention consisting of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC). AAC involves the use of speech generating devices or manual signs as a […]
B45: Impacts of COVID-19 on Deaf Education
My research study investigates the modalities in which Deaf students learn, and how those modalities have been hindered or altered due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Data for the study was collected through a Qualtrics survey that was sent to various Deaf educators in both oralist (lipreading and speaking) and ASL-English based programs. While I expected […]
B46: An Analysis of the Use of Profanity in Informal Text (and What it Can Tell Us About the Community)
It is understood that, in order to be alive, language must constantly be changing. The social media site Twitter reveals the way words are used in informal language in a public setting online – thus also revealing the way language changes on the internet. This linguistics project observes and records the uses of “huge” and […]
C09-T: Functions of Manual Sign in Children With Childhood Apraxia of Speech
Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) is a motor speech disorder that impacts the ability to plan the motor movements that are necessary for speech. Children with CAS often experience “errors in speech sound production and prosody,” (ASHA, 2007). A unique program held at St. Rita’s School for the Deaf in Cincinnati, OH educates hearing children […]
C10-T: Facial Movements of Native-Signing Children with and without ASD
This study is an investigation of how different populations–specifically individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD)–communicate and express themselves using American Sign Language (ASL). Previous research has found that hearing children with ASD produce more atypical, awkward, and slower facial expressions than typically developing (TD) children. Since sign language involves practice with facial expressions, we were […]
C11-T: The Attitudes Values and Beliefs of Faculty and Parents of Deaf Students in Listening and Spoken Language Programs
Research area/Question Language deprivation is common among the approximately three-quarters of deaf children who aren’t given access to sign language.This can result from an over reliance on hearing devices to provide access to spoken language as well as a bias against Deafness and sign language also known as oralism. When language acquisition is hindered, one’s […]
C90: Fingerspelling Patterns in Signing Children with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
Our research investigates sign language development in children with ASD. Previous research has shown that signing children with ASD produce unique or idiosyncratic errors such as palm orientation reversals, which may indicate differences in how children with ASD imitate body movements. In this study, we ask if a sample of signing children with ASD produces […]
C92: Exploring Cognition, Language and Emergent Literacy in Young Children with Asthma
The study, “Exploring Cognition, Language, and Emergent Literacy in Young Children with Asthma” investigated factors contributing to children’s home literacy environment and the effects it has on the child’s emergent literacy and language abilities. It also aimed to support previous literature that found children with asthma have poorer language abilities and lower academic performance than […]
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