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| Why study special populations? |
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- to understand typical language acquisition
- to design interventions for atypical learners
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| approach to language education for the deaf that focuses on the development of the ability to produce speech and read lips |
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| an approach to language education for the deaf in which oral language is combined w/ a signing/gestural system |
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Oral language dev. in deaf children
- phonological
- lexical
- synactic
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- phonological dev: cry, coo, & babble but important differences
- lexical: oral vocab delayed & proceeds more slowly
- Synactic: delayed & endpoint of development falls short of normal language competence
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- device surgically implanted in the cochlea that allows a deaf individual to perceive sound
- sound is picked up by external mic, processed & converted into electrical impulses
- implanted in children as young as 3-6
- Research still sparse – but progress is made
- once CI is activated
- Best outcomes with greatest residual hearing
- Requires extensive post-surgical therapy (not a deafness “cure”)
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| cochlear implants controvery |
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- deaf community argue: deafness is not a disability in need of cure
- threaten deaf culture
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| Are deaf children inherently handicapped w/ respect to language acquisition? |
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Linguistic dev on blond children
- phonological
- lexicon differences
- synactic differences
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- phonological: visible v. invisible articulatory movements
- lexicon: fewer words for things that can be seen, but not touched, more words for things associated with auditory change
- synactic: about same as that of sighted children, minor differences traced to differences in input
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- low general IQ; poor math, poor visuospatial reconstruction abilities
- good langueage, often good w/ music, highly social
- language skills lag behind those of typically developing children of same age
- clear deficits on tests of morphosynactic knowledge
- seem to produce more than they comprehend
- focus on the little things and miss the big picture
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| Williams Syndrome & Language |
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- excellent lexical dev, phonological memory
- poor performance on grammar (and finding pattern regulations)
- acquire language differently
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| 5 Autism Spectrum disorders |
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1. Autism
2. reitt's disorder
3.childhood disintegrative disorder
4. Asperger's
5. pervasive developmental disorder (PDD-NOS) |
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- impaired language & communication
- impaired social interaction
- restricted intrests / repetative behavior
- variablility: distinction between lower and higher functioning individuals
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