statistic on oral failure??????

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Is there a statistic on oral failure in Deaf Education? I’m doing a research based on oral methods in Deaf Education but wanted to emphasize that oral method is not an effective strategy to education ALL Deaf kids. HELP!!!!!
 
Well.....it depends on what you mean by oral failure. From what I understand it's very rare for dhh kids not to learn to say SOME words. That said it is also very rare for dhh kids to have a really good command of oral English. I know I read that CId kids on average still only pick up limited English...like their vocabularly is 40%-60% that of a hearing kid. Also it's very common for oral dhh kids to have low verbal IQs
 
Could you be more specific on what "oral failure" means? :dunno:
 
From my research, you're going to have a hard time finding good, strong statistics. In the past I've contacted several oral schools and asked for statistics, and all have responded with, "Hmm, we don't have any." One woman did, however, tell me I'd inspired her to start keeping track. :)

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm assuming by "oral failure" you mean children who were placed in oral programs, but later went into deaf ed. classrooms and learned sign language because they didn't develop speech and lip-reading skills they needed to get by?
 
You only want one statistic? Why don't you want statistics? A collection of quantitive data can be stronger in validating (or disproving) your hypothesis about the inefficiency of oral methods in deaf education. Think about it.

Have a nice day.
 
VamPyroX said:
Could you be more specific on what "oral failure" means? :dunno:
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Yeah, what do you mean by "oral failure"?

It could refer to:

1. Deaf kids not speaking orally
2. Deaf kids not learning anything very well
3. Deaf kids ending up behind hearing peers
4. The most extreme case: deaf kids not knowing any language.
5. etc, etc...
 
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