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MOTOR DEVELOPMENT OF DEAF CHILDREN
Author(s) -
Wiegersma P. H.,
Velde A. Vander
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1983.tb00107.x
Subject(s) - psychology , motor coordination , audiology , motor skill , developmental psychology , test (biology) , movement assessment , neuroscience , medicine , paleontology , biology
SUMMARY Comparisons between a group of deaf children and normal‐hearing controls on an extensive test‐battery revealed that the former group was clearly inferior both in general dynamic coordination and visual‐motor coordination. An experimental study, focusing on speed of motor performance, confirmed the general impression that deaf children are relatively slow performers. In particular, the execution of movements is slower in deaf children: the processes involved in this difference require further experimental research.