Objective: This study aimed to report the incidence of dental caries among deaf students primary school in Lahore Method: descriptive crossectional was conducted at 2 private schools for Lahore. Sample 150 who were completely deaf. Data collected by screening oral health maintenance two dentists. Chi Square test used explore age wise difference occurrence Results: Overall is quite high (112(74....

BACKGROUND/AIM Speech motor mechanisms play a crucial role in the process of demutization, due to the fact that they cover all the elements of the successive development of spech production movements leading to speech formation (so-called kinesthesia in speach). The aim of this study was to estimate the impact of perceptual motor actions on the cognitive process of reading in 130 students in re...

The authors examined the effects of captions on deaf students' content comprehension, cognitive load, and motivation in online learning. The participants in the study were 62 deaf adult students who had limited reading comprehension skills and used sign language as a first language. Participants were randomly assigned to either the control group or the experimental group. The independent variab...

the purpose of this study was to explore whether film-based dynamic assessment (da) could affect english writing of iranian deaf children. ten students studying in a school for the deaf took part in the study. the participants’ writing ability was measured prior to the treatment and the errors which were identified. a series of meditating activities were designed and implemented during a three-...

Drawing on Cummins' (1989) linguistic interdependence model, proponents of bilingual-bicultural models of literacy education for deaf students claim that, if ASL is well established as the L1, then literacy in English (L2) can be achieved by means of reading and writing without exposure to English through either speech or English-based sign. In our opinion, this claim is based on a false analog...

Historically, deaf education in the United States has achieved poor results. An oft-quoted statistic is that on average, deaf students graduating from high school (at age 18-21) perform at the level of hearing 8-10 year olds in terms of reading and writing skills (Allen, 1994; Traxler, 2000). Performing secondary analyses on the Children of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY) focus...

Students aged 12 to 15 at a Midwestern residential school for the deaf completed the Matson Evaluation of Social Skills for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Youngsters (MESSYDHH). Faculty at the school completed the Meadow Kendall Social Emotional Assessment Inventory (SEAI) to rate the behavior of the same students. Pearson’s correlations were conducted to determine if relationships existed between sc...

Despite the importance of sign language interpreting for many deaf students, there is surprisingly little research concerning its effectiveness in the classroom. The limited research in this area is reviewed, and a new study is presented that included 23 interpreters, 105 deaf students, and 22 hearing students. Students saw two interpreted university-level lectures, each preceded by a test of p...

Improving educational outcomes for d/Deaf and hard of hearing (d/Dhh) students has long been a focus d/Dhh education. This article reviews historical efforts to improve through specialized curriculum instruction explores the instructional needs current in light field’s evolving landscape. Evidence curricula developed specifically students, particularly areas language literacy, is systematically...