Prerequisite
Grades of B or better in TED 621a and DHH 600
Course Description
This is the first of a two course sequence which investigates the diverse communication needs of congenitally deaf and hard of hearing infants and young children. Consideration is given to children with deaf parents who use signed and/or oral communication and children with hearing parents who use signed and/or oral communication. The course will include an overview of the research regarding children with cochlear implants, children who use a variety of signed systems, deaf and hearing children who acquire American Sign Language as a first language and English as a second language, and deaf and hard of hearing children who acquire spoken English as a first language. Students will apply a bilingual ASL-English framework to the challenge of providing accessible, comprehensible basic interpersonal communication options for infants and young children who are deaf or hard of hearing.