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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Levine, Edna Simon, author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1981]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

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

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 / Sussman, Allen E. / Brauer, Barbara A.

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

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-231-89333-7

OCLC:

1100429724