Abstract:The purpose of this longitudinal case study was to closely examine one deaf child's lived experience. The research was designed to examine linguistic development, academic experience, and personal and social conditions through the use of multiple interviews with a ‗hearing' mother and her deaf daughter. Their perspectives have been shared as well as that of the narrator/inquirer. The study begins when ‗Leigh' was identified as having a profound, bilateral hearing loss at the age of 12 months, and continues to … Show more
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