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An invited article: Syntactic performance of hearing impaired and normal hearing individuals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2008

Stephen P. Quigley  and
Cynthia M. King
Stephen P. Quigley*
Affiliation:
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Cynthia M. King
Affiliation:
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
*
Stephen P. Quigley, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Speech and Hearing Science, 901 South Sixth Street, Champaign, IL 61820
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Abstract

The article describes two research programs on the syntactic abilities of hearing impaired and normal hearing individuals. The first program was concerned with describing some of the syntactic problems of deaf students in acquiring English structure; the second involved the construction of the Test of Syntactic Abilities and its application to deaf, hard of hearing, and normal hearing students in the United States, Canada, and Australia. This report has four objectives: (1) to summarize and integrate the findings of the two research programs, (2) to relate the findings to the literature on other populations, (3) to discuss strategies used by the research populations in handling English syntax, and (4) to discuss some applications of the findings to language development.

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Research Article
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Applied Psycholinguistics , Volume 1 , Issue 4 , November 1980 , pp. 329 - 356
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1980

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