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Meadow-Orlans K. 1991. Interaction and Support: Mothers and Deaf Infants [Final report]. Washington, DC: Gallaudet Research Institute, 135 pp.

Annotation: This research was designed to investigate the impact of early deafness on the interaction of deaf infants and their normally hearing mothers in the first 18 months of the child's life. The purposes of the study were to provide basic developmental information to behavioral scientists and a basis for informed intervention to parents and educators responsible for the early care of hearing-impaired infants. Specifically, the study focused on the relationships between the face-to-face interaction of these mothers and infants and the infants' motivation to engage the physical environment, their ability to cope with interactive stress, and their developing communicative competence. These relationships were viewed within the context of family response to the diagnosis of deafness and available support from internal and external sources. Recommendations resulting from the study addressed policy, intervention, and research. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: National Technical Information Service, O.S. Department of Commerce, 5301 Shawnee Road, Alexandria, VA 22312, Telephone: (703) 605-6050 Secondary Telephone: (888) 584-8332 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.ntis.gov Document Number: NTIS PB92-136241.

Keywords: Stress, Deaf, Development, Early Intervention, Mother-Child Interaction, Mothers
   

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