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VL Research on Deafness 1. Doctoral Dissertations Doctoral Dissertations These dissertations were completed during 1990 and 1991. (Additional 1990 dissertations are listed in the 1991 American Annals of the Deaf, Reference Issue, Volume 136, pp. 234-237). Copies may be ordered through University Microfilms, Inc., PO Box 1764, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106-1764; telephone 1-800 521-3042; Fax 313 665-5022. Attachment Behavior of Hearing-Impaired Infants and Their Hearing Mothers: Maternal and Infant Contributions . Mavrolas, Cathy Mollie (PH.D. 1990 Northwestern University). Psychology, Developmental. Page 1749 in volume 52/03-B of Dissertation Abstracts International. Order No.: GAX91-14594 "Children of Silence": Education of the Deaf in Ontario, 1856-1906 (Canada, Special Education). Cowden, Peter Alexander (PH.D. 1990 State University of New York at Buffalo). Education, History of. Page 94 in volume 52/0 Ι- Α of Dissertation Abstracts International. Order No.: GAX91-15079 Cognition, Psychopathology, Social Isolation, and Hearing Loss in Late-Onset Paraphrenia. Babcock, Debra J. (PH.D. 1990 Rush University, College of Nursing). Psychology , Clinical. Page 5019 in volume 51/10-B of Dissertation Abstracts International. Order No.: GAX9024702 The Communication Comprehension Monitoring Behaviors of Deaf Adolescents. Braeges, Judith Luckay (PH.D. 1991 The University of Rochester). Education, Psychology. Page 470 in volume 52/02-A of Dissertation Abstracts International. Order No.: GAX91-19456 A Correlation of Abnormal Pinna Types With Middle Ear Anomalies and Hearing Loss in Down's Syndrome (Pinna). Mazzoni, Dale Stephen (PH.D. 1990 Colorado State University). Biology, Genetics. Page 48 in volume 52/01B of Dissertation Abstracts International. Order No.: GAX91-17191 The Effect of Hearing Aid Automatic Gain Control Release Time Setting on Speech Intelligibility in the Hearing Impaired (Word Recognition). Kepler, Laura Jennings (PH.D. 1990 University of Colorado at Boulder). Health Sciences, Audiology. Page 731 in volume 52/02-B of Dissertation Abstracts International. Order No.: GAX9117055 The First Fifteen Days of Hearing Aid Wearing: Microanalysis of Interactions Between a 15-Month-Old Hearing -Impaired Child and Her French-Canadian Father (fifteen month old). Paterson, Marietta Malcolm (ED.D. 1990 University of Cincinnati). Education, Special. Page 503 in volume 52/02-A in Dissertation Abstracts International . Order No.: GAX91-19968 Gifted Deaf Students: Case Studies Describing Profiles of Domains of Intelligence (Intelligence). Tubb, Linda Gayle (PH.D 1990 University of South Florida). Education, Special. Page 882 in volume 52/03-A of Dissertation Abstracts International. Order No.: GAX91-15901 Identifying Learning Disabilities in the Deaf Population. Marlowe, BruceAlan (PH.D. 1991 the Catholic University of America). Education, Psychology. Page 117 in volume 52/01-A of Dissertation Abstracts International. Order No.: GAX91-17152 Increasing Word Recognition in Deaf Students Using the ECRI Method—Adapted. Healey, Doris M. (PH.D. 1990 Seton Hall University, School of Education). Education, Reading. Page 3686 in volume 51/11-A of Dissertation Abstracts International. Order No.: GAX91-08057 A Descriptive Study of the Conversations of Native and Nonnative Signing Deaf Children Interacting With Young Deaf Learners of Sign Language in Tutoring Sessions. Christie, Karen L. (PH.D 1990 University of Pittsburgh). Language, Linguistics. Page 3398 in volume 51/10-A of Disserta tionsAbstracts International. Order No.: GAX9106798 Early Communication and Level of Mental Representation in the Profoundly Deaf (Deaf, Communication). Richards, Sandra Lowe Payne (PH.D. 1990 Smith College School for Social Work). Social Work. Page 299 in volume 52/01-A of Dissertation Abstracts International. Order No.: GAX91-17388 Inservice Training Needs of Teachers of Aging-out Students Who Are Multihandicapped and Hearing-impaired. Berger.Randie (ED.D. 1990 Columbia University Teachers College). Education, Special. Page 4083 in volume 51/12A of Dissertation Abstracts International. Order No.: GAX91-13453 Linguistic Analysis and Deaf Students' Texts: Towards a Pedagogy of Meaning and Representation (Writing, Text Analysis). Anderson, Jacqueline Joy (AD. 1990 The University of Michigan). Education, Language and Literature . Page 97 in volume 52/01-A of Dissertation Abstracts International. Order No.: GAX91-16097 246 AAD/REFERENCE 1992 Vol. 137, No. 2 Doctoral Dissertations Literacy Learning Is Important Work: Emergent Literacy of Preschool Hearing-impaired Children. Rottenberg, Claire J. (ED.D 1991 Arizona State University). Education, Early Childhood. Page 1204 in volume 52/04-A of Dissertation Abstract International. Order No.: GAX91-24835...

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