Deaf Children's Performance on the WISC-R Relative to Hearing Status of Parents and Child-Rearing Experiences

This research examines the performance of deaf children with deaf parents (dc/dp) and deaf children with hearing parents (dc/hp) on the WISC-R, Performance Scale based on data collected during the development of deaf norms for the WISC-R, Performance Scale (Anderson & Siseo, 1977). Dc/hp perform...

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Published in:American annals of the deaf (Washington, D.C. 1886) D.C. 1886), 1980-10, Vol.125 (7), p.923-930
Main Authors: Siseo, Frankie H., Anderson, Richard J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Auditory perception
Child
Child care
Child growth
Child Rearing
Children
Deafness
Deafness - genetics
Deafness - psychology
Humans
Intelligence
Intelligence quotient
Parents
Sign languages
Wechsler Scales
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Summary:This research examines the performance of deaf children with deaf parents (dc/dp) and deaf children with hearing parents (dc/hp) on the WISC-R, Performance Scale based on data collected during the development of deaf norms for the WISC-R, Performance Scale (Anderson & Siseo, 1977). Dc/hp performed significantly better than dc/hp on all performance subtests. The differences between the two groups of deaf children cannot be explained solely by the early use of manual communication with deaf children by deaf parents. Dc/dp also performed significantly better than hearing children who are linguistically superior to both groups of deaf children. Differences in nurturing and early child-rearing experiences of dc/dp and dc/hp may be the crucial determinants of cognitive functioning in deaf children. A discussion of the significance and implications of the research is provided.
ISSN:0002-726X
1543-0375
1543-0375
DOI:10.1353/aad.2012.1290