Communication assessments of individuals with limited hearing

Journal/Book: Lang Speech Hearing Serv Sch. 1997; 28: 10801 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852-3279. Amer Speech-Language-Hearing Assoc. 231-244.

Abstract: Communicative competence is not a matter of selecting a sentence and applying it to some use. Nor is competence a single dimension It isa matter of interacting in socially coordinated ways with other people in some purposive behavior. Language fits a purpose and fits the people interacting. Assessment of the communication of children who are deaf has often resulted in frustrating lists of various kinds of linguistic elements, but little sense of how a child communicates A better approach might focus on communicative competence. This article presents a framework of assessment that has been derived from descriptive studies of the communication of individuals who are deaf. The framework attends to the shirting demands of the speaker and hearer roles in an interaction, the meanings;that emerge from the interaction, and the action that ensues. The framework is followed up with some discussion of the organizational structures appropriate for comprehensive assessments and for ongoing teaching and therapy.

Note: Article Maxwell MM, Univ Texas, Dept Speech Commun, Austin,TX 78712 USA

Keyword(s): communication; assessment; deaf; language; hearing; LITERACY; LANGUAGE; STUDENTS; SIGN

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