Matthew

With controversy continuing to escalate concerning the proper communication methods for deaf children, I thought it timely that a mother's story of her profoundly deaf baby be told. Using sign langauge to meet his communication needs is building his language, speech and understanding of his wor...

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Published in:American annals of the deaf (Washington, D.C. 1886) D.C. 1886), 1978-06, Vol.123 (4), p.442-447
Main Authors: Stoloff, Lynn, Dennis, Zona Gale
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Deafness
Deafness - rehabilitation
Disabilities
Herpes zoster
Humans
Infant
Infants
Language
Learning
Love
Male
Manual Communication
Mother-Child Relations
Mothers
Sons
Total communication
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Summary:With controversy continuing to escalate concerning the proper communication methods for deaf children, I thought it timely that a mother's story of her profoundly deaf baby be told. Using sign langauge to meet his communication needs is building his language, speech and understanding of his world at an incredible rate. His progress has amazed all of us, although in theory I had always believed that this approach would achieve results when begun early enough. This child is fortunate to have a mother concerned enough to have begun the learning of signs and to incorporate total communication into her daily life in a way that affords a language flow linked with experience. Matthew's two sisters are also learning to sign. Matthew's home is a "workshop" where the members are constantly seeking and reading, and experimenting with ways to get concepts to his mind through alternate channels. Not only are they succeeding educationally, but socially and psychologically . . . for I have never seen a more secure, happier child with such an unusual openness to people and to the learning process.
ISSN:0002-726X
1543-0375