Papers Based on Master's Theses Vocalizations of Young Deaf Children

This paper concerns a research on the vocalizations of three young deaf children in interaction with three teachers in a bilingual playgroup, using Sign Language of the Netherlands as well as spoken Dutch. The type of vo wels and consonants, the syllable structure ,' and the production of spoken words demonstrate that the children used mostly sounds with neutral articulation and a good vie w of the lips. Vocalizations with one or t wo syllables are produced, as well as some spoken words. The development of the vocalizations of one child is follo wed for the period of one year. It appeared that the vo wel production remained similar while consonant production diversified with age. Finally, the effect of bilingual language input has been evaluated. In the age period studied, the children did not differ in their vocalizations in relation to the teachers language input.