Early Intervention Using Simultaneous Communication with Deaf Infants: The Effect on Communication Development

• Published in: Child development Vol. 55; no. 2; pp. 607 - 616
• Main Authors: Greenberg, Mark T., Calderon, Rosemary, Kusché, Carol
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Malden, MA University of Chicago Press 01-04-1984; Blackwell; University of Chicago Press for the Society for Research in Child Development, etc
• Subjects: Age; Biological and medical sciences; Child Development; Child, Preschool; Children; Communication; Deafness; Deafness - psychology; Deafness - rehabilitation; Dyadic relations; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Gestures; Handicap; Humans; Mother-Child Relations; Mothers; Parents; Play and Playthings; Preschool children; Psychology and medicine; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychophysiology; Sign Language; Sign languages; Verbal Behavior; Human; Social development; Early; Educational schedule; Sensory handicap; Child; Communication; Hearing loss
• ISSN: 0009-3920; 1467-8624
• DOI: 10.2307/1129972

This report presents findings on an independent evaluation of an early intervention program for severely and profoundly deaf children. Located in Vancouver, British Columbia, this comprehensive program served families with children under age 3. The evaluation included comparison with a matched sample of deaf children without intervention. Included were a developmental assessment and videotape of linguistic and social interactions. Results indicated more developmentally mature communication and higher-quality interaction in families who had received intervention.