The Comprehension of Some Aspects of Figurative Language by Deaf and Hearing Subjects

The study was designed to investigate the comprehension of some aspects of figurative language by deaf subjects and to compare their performances with those of hearing subjects. Three groups of deaf children and one group of hearing children were tested. Each group contained 25 children. Each hearing subject studied had an I.Q. of 80 points or more and had at least functional literacy skills, i.e., fourth grade reading level. Deaf subjects had sensorineural hearing losses of 90 dB (ANSI) or more in the better ear averaged over the speech range, i.e., 500 to 2000 Hz. Each deaf subject suffered a hearing loss before the age of two, was from a family where neither parent was deaf, and had an I.Q. of 80 points or more.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

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Dissertation

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Education

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Giorcelli, Loretta Rae

• Education, Special

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(UMI)AAI8309945

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oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/68846