Abstract
We observed the social/cognitive play of 46 young children who were deaf or hard of hearing (D/HH). The children were videotaped during play in small integrated groups consisting of D/HH and hearing children. Younger children engaged in more constructive play than dramatic play, whereas older children engaged in more dramatic play than functional play. With D/HH partners, children engaged primarily in constructive play, but in groups that included both D/HH and hearing partners they engaged most frequently in dramatic play. The findings indicate that the frequency of cognitive and social play of children who are D/HH is similar to that of hearing children, and that group play varies according to the hearing status of the play partner.
Subject
Psychiatry and Mental health,Developmental and Educational Psychology,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
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