The purpose of this project is to acquaint the reader with the findings of Sign language Linguistics, to present in perspective, some of the descriptive elements of American Sign Language, and to offer suggestion as to how the discoveries of Sign Lang . . .

This paper investigated a major problem confronting deaf would-be graduate students: The Graduate Record Examination (GRE). Two related topics were included: special graduate admission policies with regard to minority and handicapped students, and Sel . . .

Although sign language interpreters have long been used as facilitators of communication between the deaf and hearing, only within the past twenty years has the use of interpreters become a formal part of the educational system. School districts emplo . . .

This paper presents a comparative study of self-concept in deaf students with deaf parents as opposed to deaf students with hearing parents. The students involved in the study were of junior high and senior high levels at the American School for the D . . .

The purpose of this project is to present a profile on severe to profound multihandicapped deaf students presently being served in various programs for the deaf throughout the United States. Public Law 94- 142 mandates rights guaranteed to all handica . . .

Since I have been away from the secondary classes for the deaf, have become increasingly aware of changes that I would like to see made in the program here in Los Angeles. With regard to the operation of the program itself, probably the changes needed . . .

INTRODUCTION AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. The primary purpose of this study of the Negro deaf population in the Los Angeles area is exploratory and very general. It was undertaken to determine the approximate number of Negro deaf adults in the Lot Angeles are . . .

This study is intended for parents of deaf children so that they might see what deaf people say about the problems of deafness. It is also intended to prepare parents for the ramifications of deafness. Another reason for this study is to enhance paren . . .

The modern medium of mass communication, television, has been in commercial uses for entertainment, advertisements, announcements, education, information, and emergency broadcasts. It may affect the safety of life or i property. The greatest advantage . . .

The student crossed his fingers and waited as the instructor began setting-up the test equipment. He had worked for three weeks on the construction of a baby cry signal lamp. Would it work? Would it really tell him if a baby cried? His baby? You see t . . .

This study focused upon the role of interpreters employed in public high school hearing-impaired programs in seven Western states. The purpose of this study was threefold: 1. To identify the percent of time interpreters are engaged in performing a var . . .

A large percentage of the hearing-impaired population of the United States is comprised of individuals who are hard of hearing. Yet, very few resources are available to those persons or their families that focus specifically on their needs. It is ofte . . .

The purpose of this project is to acquaint the reader with the findings of Sign language Linguistics, to present in perspective, some of the descriptive elements of American Sign Language, and to offer suggestion as to how the discoveries of Sign Lang . . .

Chapter I. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM. There seems to be some confusion and misunderstanding about the specific definition of the new system, "total communication," sometimes referred to as a total approach." Many educators of the deaf, especially those . . .

For yea these many years, numerous people have written papers and books that say the same thing, only in different ways. Simply put, it is that the deaf cannot read very well. Still, these same deaf individuals are expected to function in a world grea . . .

Several recent studies of the education of the deaf in America have criticized it for not providing an adequate education. From one of those studies we find this quote. �The major conclusion that can be drawn from a thorough investigation of the liter . . .

One area of the education of the deaf that has not received the attention due it is parent involvement in planning and sharing the education that their children receive. Those of us who are either teachers or administrators in the education of the dea . . .

The paper presents theories and research regarding play and its relationship to cognitive development in normal infants. Play is identified as an important contributor to, and reflector of, cognition. Resources for teaching play are reviewed and found . . .

The ability to predict the success of deaf and hearing impaired vocational college students is most important to those working with these special students. The purpose of this study was to determine whether one or a combination of predictors, includin . . .

Los Angeles, because of its many opportunities, has one of the largest Indian populations of any city in the United States. Very little is known about hearing impairments among Indians living in the greater Los Angeles area. No institution, organizati . . .

RECOGNITION OF A PROBLEM. The individual enters the world nude, not only of body, but nude in the way of life that will have to be learned to fit the culture into which he has been thrust. His success and endeavors in life are inherent, to some degree . . .

One of the goals of the Leadership Training Program in the Area of the Deaf is to acquaint tomorrow's leaders with the technological advances that appear likely to have an impact on the future of deaf education. Computers surely qualify for such study . . .

The purpose of this project is to shed light on the effects of automation on deaf printers, not only in the local area but nationwide. Printing has been one of the best occupation for the deaf. There has been a multitude of innovations in the printing . . .

The general purpose of this limited study was to obtain information about the role and functions of post-secondary counselors with the deaf from the counselor's perspective. It was also developed to gather demographic information about these counselor . . .

The task of this project is to arrive at some conclusions for the underservice problem. Comparisons will be made on the services available to the deaf people and the blind people in the state of California. Also studied is the California Rehabilitatio . . .

Collective bargaining is a relatively new aspect of public residential schools for the deaf. Since the first union was established ten years ago, thirteen teachers' organizations have been established at other schools throughout the country. This is t . . .

The purpose of this study was to investigate the use of computer technology in the elementary and secondary educational programs for the deaf. The study was intentionally designed to increase the writer's awareness by reviewing both non-related and re . . .

This paper is concerned with the amount of knowledge 29 deaf high school seniors, in three Los Angeles schools, have about seven post-secondary programs primarily located in Los Angeles. A questionnaire was distributed to the seniors and they were to . . .

This paper discusses the current status of extended day programs in residential schools serving deaf-blind children and youth in the United States and its territories. A questionnaire was sent to 138 residential schools, institutions, and hospitals. A . . .

Speech is normally controlled by the ear. Since it is natural for the ear to be the channel through which one learns to talk, a serious impairment in hearing will hinder an individual�s normal development of speech. Two factors are responsible. First . . .

This project provides a practical guide to follow in developing a family care home for deaf-blind children. The guide also provides a definition of a family care home and a deaf-blind individual. The rationale confirms the necessity for developing fam . . .

The Reagan Administration's philosophy of returning governmental control back to the states or the "New Federalism," has placed responsibility on state level deaf leaders to provide leadership to maintain existing services for deaf people, The apparen . . .

The primary purpose of this project was to explore and document the affective domain of a cross-section of adults; and to inform parents and educators, and secondly to acquaint interested persons in the area of the deaf about how the deaf feel. Specif . . .

In the State of New York, Boards of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) organizations have been responsible for educating significant numbers of hearing impaired children. However, information relating to the nature of these services, the priorit . . .

It has been noted that clients in rehabilitation programs for the severely handicapped deaf generally have adjustment and emotional problems greater than the "normal" deaf population. Explanations for this have included reference to maladaptive develo . . .

The purpose of this study was to survey all residential schools for the deaf, to see if they have vocational rehabilitation facilities at the school, if they have summer vocational rehabilitation programs at the school, and the extent to which these p . . .

The purpose of this paper is to indicate major activities available on the CSUN campus, to indicate degree to which deaf persons engage in major activities, and to provide information for counselors concerning students' extra curriculum interests. Thr . . .

This is one of the questions most often asked by young deaf men and �women. In our schools for the deaf, students read about many leaders, but very seldom do they read stories about deaf leaders in different professional areas such as education, scien . . .

This project is a series of 80 slides and an audio tape cassette of the narrative for a slide presentation. The narrative is also in printed form. The narrative describes the needs assessment program of the Multi-Handicapped Program at the San Gabriel . . .

The purposes of this study are to: describe personal characteristics of deaf students attending California State University at Northridge, describe opinions held by deaf students, and compare personal characteristics and opinions of CSUN deaf students . . .

The development of the sign language interpreter system in the United States is traced to its informal and formal origins. It follows the progress in the field of interpreting up to the present and incorporates the establishment and operation of the N . . .

Intended for vocational education administrators and educators, this handbook provides information concerning deafness and suggestions for designing, implementing, and evaluating programs for hearing impaired students who are being mainstreamed into t . . .

Driver and traffic safety education literature is abundant in some areas and lacking in other aspects of the subject field. Most of the material is prepared for student use with very little for teacher use. The writer found this especially true when h . . .

A questionnaire was distributed to working interpreters for the deaf in California to survey their perceptions of their role, ethics, and the consumers of their services. Questions were included to get information related to training, length of work a . . .

In programs across the United States, teachers of low-functioning, multiply-handicapped individuals have few materials for Sex Education curricula to apply in the areas of masturbation and menstruation. At the current time, teachers are pulling from t . . .

This paper discusses the plight of the hearing-impaired/deaf person who applies for Supplemental Security Income (SSI). It is indicated that there is a communications problem between those who apply for SSI and the Social Security Administration (SSA) . . .

The purpose of this project was to collect data on the number of trained personnel with hearing and visual impairments, respectively, in schools, centers, and programs serving the deaf-blind. Other factors taken into consideration were whether the hea . . .

Since the rubella epidemic of 1964-1965, the school age deaf-blind population in the United States has undergone an alarming increase. Presently in the United States, there are approximately 5,587 deaf-blind children under the age of 21. These childre . . .

The Education for ' All Handicapped Children Act of 1975 (PL 94-142) has called for a national commitment to educating the handicapped in the least restrictive environment. This has been interpreted by some to mean meeting the special needs of all han . . .

With this project I propose to show that there are a surprising number of highly intelligent, determined deaf blind men and women who have been achieving and who will continue to achieve. I hope to show how they did it, and how others, with proper ass . . .

The purpose of this study was to count the number of emotionally disturbed-deaf children in California, in an attempt to more accurately ascertain the correct number of children who should be included in this population. Ninety-five questionnaires wer . . .

An increasing number of deaf persons are leaving high school to enter colleges or are those entering �colleges in order to further their education and training. Most colleges have career counseling centers and many colleges have some kind of support s . . .

The purposes of this project are to provide an orderly account of Dr. Daniel Tuttle Cloud 0 s life and accomplishments; to show readers his enormous influence in bringing many people into the professional field of deaf education, and his great leaders . . .

INTRODUCTION. Many studies concerning deaf children have been made and question relating to their psychological, emotional, mental, and social welfare have been asked. However, there is a paucity of literature relating to the adult deaf population. It . . .

CHAPTER I. Introduction. In February of 1970, the 3rd Annual National Forum of the Council of Organizations Serving the Deaf was held in Chicago. The topic of the forum was, "The Deaf and the Law". Those in attendance included not only deaf persons bu . . .

This project reviews and describes the administrators serving residential schools for the deaf in the United States. It does not attempt to identify the ideal characteristics of the administrators, but rather to summarize general characteristics that . . .

The responsibilities of teachers of the hearing impaired have been expanded since the implementation of The Education of All Handicapped Children Act (Public Law 94-142). The purpose of this study was to identify the present job functions of teachers . . .

The purpose of this study was to determine if there is a degree of knowledge about deafness and appropriate referral sources between third year and fourth year medical students and graduate level educators of the deaf. A questionnaire was developed an . . .

This paper presents the reader with some of the major complaints and problems that English teachers face and offers suggestions to them and accepts suggestions from them. To bring this paper into being, it was necessary to send a questionnaire to Engl . . .

INTRODUCTION. Any person entering a graduate program is confronted by the common problem of finding time to read all of the materials that are required or recommended in the various courses of the program. Many courses offered are in areas new to the . . .

BACKGROUND. Deafness is considered by many to be one of the most handicapping of physical defects. Helen Keller often referred to her deafness as a much greater handicap than her blindness. The problem does not appear to be so much the physical nature . . .

The findings show that the Pastoral Statement, in the two years since its publication, has had very little affect on the local dioceses ministry in the area of the handicapped for many reasons not the least of which being the lack of awareness of the . . .

INTRODUCTION AND PURPOSE. Currently, better and more complex job opportunities are opening up for competent deaf men arid women. 'I'hese jobs, more often than not, bring the deaf person into constant contact with his hearing co-workers. The deaf perso . . .

This project paper concerns itself with services for adult deaf clients who are multiply handicapped. Many of these individuals need services which are pre-vocational in nature, prior to acceptance by rehabilitation agencies. Emphasis is placed on ser . . .

The purpose of this project was to examine the factors which would make possible to integrate deaf-blind students in the secondary school, primarily in the prevocational and vocational areas. The creation and findings of such a study could open the do . . .

This survey discusses the attitudes of parents of deaf children enrolled at the Hawaii School for the Deaf and the Blind, Honolulu, Hawaii, and deaf high school graduates registered as full-time undergraduates and graduate students at California State . . .

"Words, words, words, I'm so sick of words!" This lament of Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady could very well be that of a deaf man attending night classes at the Reseda Adult School in Los Angeles, California; for one of the greatest difficulties exper . . .

Mccay Vernon states that the top ten percent of deaf graduates in colleges go into teaching while the same percentile for normal graduates is ranked at fifty percent. There are many inferences one could draw from this statement. For the purpose of thi . . .

Two male and three female, so, all competent interpreters for the deaf currently employed at San Fernando Valley State College, were subjected to experimental testing designed to discover how long an interpreter for the deaf can interpret before fatig . . .

In preparation for this paper the author sent questionnaires to private and public mental health facilities in every state. Subsequent responses confirmed what had already been widely accepted: that specialized services to deaf mental patients do not . . .

For the past two years, an educational revolution has been in progress at the North Carolina School for the Deaf. Like "the shot heard 'round the world", this revolution began with a single, simple act; the addition of the use of fingerspelling to sup . . .

The first legislation for the education of all handicapped children passed by the 9lst Congress, and signed by President Richard M. Nixon on August 20, 1969, created a National Center on Educational Media and Material for the Handicapped. The act auth . . .

Minimal information concerning the integration of hearing impaired students at the secondary level exists. However, secondary programs are unfolding at a rapid rate as more and more students already mainstreamed in the lower grades become older and mo . . .

This project is concerned with the telephone problems of deaf people, specifically, their unemployment or underemployment due to their inability to use the telephone on-the-job. Deaf people need telephone skills to enable them to compete for and maint . . .

In this paper the writer has considered the many problems confronting grassroots deaf people who desire to establish an advocacy program. In the past, there has been a tendency for some individuals to adopt a simplistic view of this problem and brush . . .

Impaired hearing is considered to be the greatest single handicapping condition in the nation with some 15-18,000,000 Americans affected. Among these hearing impaired persons, about 450,000 to 550,000 are estimated to be deaf. In regard to occurrence . . .

This project is an account of the program developed at Park Oaks School in Ventura County, California to involve volunteer student aides in the classroom and school activities of the deaf-blind children. The volunteer student aid program was developed . . .

This paper is an attempt to synthesize the existing knowledge and practices of audiologists and to assess the applicability of this field to the special problems of the deaf. In an effort to provide a frame of reference and to relate certain concepts, . . .

Although the issue of teacher burnout had been recognized by most professionals in the areas of the deaf-multiply handicapped, blind-multiply handicapped, and deaf-blind, no studies had been done to define the problem and its causes. This exploratory . . .

The purpose of this study was to gather data relevant to gaining insight into the attitudes, practices, and interests of secondary teachers of the deaf as they relate to the utilization of language based curriculum. A questionnaire was developed and d . . .

This paper investigated a major problem confronting deaf would-be graduate students: The Graduate Record Examination (GRE). Two related topics were included: special graduate admission policies with regard to minority and handicapped students, and Sel . . .

The purpose of this survey is to quantify the extent of exposure and determine the nature of exposure to the total deaf community outside the classroom that teachers in training received in 1968, 1969 and 1970.The hypothesis is that the majority of gr . . .

The contention of this study was that many practicing residential school for the deaf principals have no pre-service training in educational administration, and therefore they have compelling needs for something more substantial than that which can be . . .

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM. For the past few years the concept of total communication has been sweeping the nation. School after school has announced its acceptance of this philosophy. An important aspect of total communication is the skillful use of ma . . .

"My world is now bigger!" "Magnificient!" "Imagine that, I talked to my daughter on the phone!" The scene was a small room in Building "G" of the campus of San Fernando Valley State College in California on an emotion-packed evening in February, 1965. . . .

The field of Sign Language Interpreting and Interpreter Training has experienced a phenomenal growth in the last eight to ten years. This resulted in a significant gap in research and scholarly articles available for use in this field. The purpose of . . .

The purpose of this study was to assess the differences in teacher morale between "deaf" and "hearing" teachers of the deaf. The following hypothesis was proposed: If fifty "deaf" and fifty "hearing" teachers of the deaf are given the Purdue Teacher O . . .

This is a proposal for a learning station in a class for the deaf. A one unit model is proposed in this paper, but as the merits and feasability of this proposal are examined, one may conclude that a model classroom should contain more units, or learn . . .

The mainstreaming of hearing-impaired students in the classroom setting has appreciated more than reasonable success at California State University-Northridge, mainly due to special support services provided by Support Services to Deaf Students at the . . .

The purpose of this study is to ascertain the form and content of staff development programs among selected day and residential programs for the deaf and, based upon teacher perceptions of those programs to develop recommendations for the improvement . . .

The problem of post-secondary educational programs for the deaf was brought forcibly to the writer�s attention with the referral in October of 1966 of possible June, 1967 residential deaf school graduates, with superior intellectual classification. Th . . .

This is a report of the services provided to the deaf consumer within the State if New Jersey, by the New Jersey Division of the Deaf and the New Jersey Division of Vocational Rehabilitation. The history, mission and progress of each agency is address . . .

This study concerning the hardcore Negro deaf adult in poverty areas was primarily undertaken to add to the meager amount of published information regarding the Negro deaf. The study centers around the hardcore Negro deaf adult in the Watts area of Lo . . .

For many years now, we have been striving to improve the lot of the deaf. We�ve struggled with methods and techniques of teaching; we�ve argued about which key for straight language is best or whether we should use one at all. We cannot get together o . . .

This study focused on the rehabilitation aspects of the post vocational deaf person. Post vocational deafness was defined as being deafness that occurred at or after the age of 19. An age at which secondary education has been completed or terminated. . . .

The landmark federal legislation, Education for All The Handicapped Public Law 94-142, extends free appropriate education nationwide. The implementation of this act will have dramatic impact on the extension of special services to previously unserved . . .

In a recent survey completed by this writer, it became apparent that there is little, if any information available for �general rehabilitation counselors when serving the deaf, hard of hearing, or speech impaired in state vocational rehabilitation cas . . .

This research project presents and analyzes data collected from 36 states and U.S. Territories regarding the status of state-wide planning for mental health services for deaf people. Types of data examined include: whether or not such planning has beg . . .

OVERVIEW AND CURRENT RESEARCH IN LINGUISTICS AND THE PSYCHOLOGY OF LANGUAGE. Thousands of contributions to linguistics and the psychology of language have been published in the past six years, but this intense activity appears to represent a process o . . .

This project was instigated on a regional level upon realization of the need for interregional communication between institutions for the mentally retarded serving the deaf-blind children.