This book provides an integrative overview of psychological research concerning deaf individuals, deafness and related topics. It provides a broad but coherent picture of the scientific issues facing deafness researchers and of the relationships between biology, language, cognition and social processes in deaf individuals. The contributors come from varied backgrounds and write from different perspectives. Topics include: Social and Cultural Contexts of Deafness; Language and Language Development and Reading and Cognition.
Hardcover 393 pages 1993 |