The Ecology of Early Deafness. Guides to Fashioning Environments and Psychological Assessments / / Edna Simon Levine.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999
• VerfasserIn: Levine, Edna Simon,
• MitwirkendeR: Brauer, Barbara A.,; Sussman, Allen E.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1981]; ©1981
• Year of Publication: 1981
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (424 p.)

A scientific look into the environmental and psychological factors that influence deafness in early life. .

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- An Introductory Comment -- Part One. The Environmental Imperative: A Prologue -- 1. An Ecological Perspective -- 2. Acoustically Impaired Environments: Psychological Correlates -- Part Two. Prelinguistic Deafness: Key Fashioning Environments -- 3. Early Environmental Influences -- 4. The Language Environment -- 5. Educational Environments: Options and Issues -- Part Three. Products of The “Soundless World” -- 6. Sketches from Life -- 7. Sketches from Research -- Part Four. The Psychological Examination -- 8. Psychology and the Deaf: Background -- 9. Psychological Examiners: Special Qualifications -- 10. Methods of Psychological Examining: A Review -- Part Five. Examination Guides -- Introduction -- 11. Infant Assessment -- 12. Examination of Children and Youth -- 13. Examination at the Adult Level -- 14. Psychological Reporting -- A Concluding Comment -- Epilogue -- Appendixes -- Appendix A. The Human Ear and Hearing -- Appendix B. Types and Causes of Impaired Hearing -- Appendix C. Manual Methods of Communication -- Appendix D. Experimental Interpreter-Rating Form -- Appendix E. Bronfenbrenner Hearing Attitude Scale -- Appendix F. Inventory Guide for Case History Information on Deaf Children and Adults -- Appendix G. Psychological Report Form -- Appendix H. Questionnaire Used in Survey of Psychological Tests and Practices with the Deaf -- Appendix I. A Guide to Test Publishers and Distributors -- Appendix J. Publisher and Distributor Directory -- Appendix K. Information Directories and References -- Author Index -- Subject Index