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Related Educational and Research Issues 1. What is the role of tactile/kinesthetic perceptual processes in the cognitive development of the hearing-impaired child? 2. How can tactile/kinesthetic perceptions be integrated in the hearingimpaired learner? 3. In what ways can educators easily determine field-dependence vs. field-independence in hearing-impaired learners? 4. How does the field-dependence vs. field-independence factor affect the learning of hearing-impaired children? 5. To what degree is field-dependence/independence based on hereditary/ biological versus environmental factors in the hearing-impaired learner? 6. To what extent is the field-dependence trait modifiable in the hearingimpaired learner? 7. What actual techniques can be used to modify field dependence? 64 ...

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