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The world of deaf infants :

Meadow-Orlans, Kathryn P.

The world of deaf infants : a longitudinal study / Kathryn P. Meadow-Orlans, Patricia Elizabeth Spencer, Lynne Sanford Koester. - New York : Oxford University Press, 2004. - xi, 266 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Perspectives on deafness .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction ; 2. Theoretical rationale for the longitudinal study ; 3. Participant characteristics and research procedures ; 4. Mother-infant behaviours at 6 and 9 months: a microanalytic view ; 5. Interactions of hearing mothers and 9-month-old infants: temperament and infant stress ; 6. Hearing parents' reactions to the identification of deafness and cognitive or motor disabilities ; 7. Mastery motivation at 9 and 12 months: traditional and non-traditional approaches ; 8. Mother-infant interactions at 12 and 18 months: parenting stress and support ; 9. Attachment behaviours at 18 months ; 10. Language at 12 and 18 months: characteristics and accessibility of linguistic models ; 11. Visual attention: maturation and specialization ; 12. The development of play: effects of hearing status, language, and maternal responsiveness ; 13. Relationships across developmental domains and over time ; 14. Implications for intervention with infants and families

0195147901 (cloth : alk. paper)

2003018781


Deaf children--Family relationships--Longitudinal studies.
Infants--Care--Longitudinal studies.

HV2391 / .M4 2004

362.420 832 MEA