17th ANNUAL EARLY HEARING DETECTION & INTERVENTION MEETING
March 18-20, 2018 • Denver, CO
| Deaf Parents' Use of Touch with their Deaf and Hearing Infants
Deaf Parents' Use of Touch with their Deaf and Hearing Infants
Analysis of 9 Deaf parent-infant dyads’ bids for their 10-month-old babies’ attention revealed a pattern of distal-to-proximal touch (from feet/legs and arms/hands toward face/head/body) in directing their babies’ attention during toy play and book-sharing. Proximal touch was more frequent for attention-getting and maintenance while distal touch was evidenced more frequently in directing their babies to signs or pictures in books followed by the sign. This information has clinical relevance in early intervention, especially for families that choose sign language.
- Explain the similarities and differences observed in Deaf parents’ use of touch with their hearing and deaf 10-month-olds
- Categorize parent touch according to location, frequency, and intention
- Discuss the promotion of touch as an important communication modality when working in early intervention with hearing, deaf, Deaf, or HH parents of h, d/D/HH babies.
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Marlene Medina
(), Gallaudet University, marlenemedina27@gmail.com;
Marlene Medina is a second-year Speech Language Pathology student at Gallaudet University. She is fluent in three languages, including Spanish and American Sign Language (ASL), and is passionate in working with bilingual and culturally/linguistically diverse populations.
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Brenda Seal
(), Gallaudet University, brenda.seal@gallaudet.edu;
Brenda Seal is a professor of Hearing, Speech and Language Sciences at Gallaudet University.
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