Maternal input and lexical development: the case of deaf pre-schoolers

Conclusions & Implications: The results indicate that hearing mothers were sensitive to the needs of their deaf children. This sensitivity was to children’s word knowledge. Mothers seemed aware of what words were in their children’s lexicon. Mothers did not rely on their children’s ability to use novel mapping, even for the linguistically advanced children.

from the International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

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