Biomaterial Database

Sign language in communication disorders of childhood. 1978

P C Ferry, and J A Cooper

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008085	Lipreading	The process by which an observer comprehends speech by watching the movements of the speaker's lips without hearing the speaker's voice.	Speechreading,Lip Reading,Lip Readings,Lipreadings,Reading, Lip,Readings, Lip,Speechreadings
D008369	Manual Communication	Method of nonverbal communication utilizing hand movements as speech equivalents.	Communication, Manual,Communications, Manual,Manual Communications
D010372	Pediatrics	A medical specialty concerned with maintaining health and providing medical care to children from birth to adolescence.
D010819	Physician's Role	The expected function of a member of the medical profession.	Physicians' Role,Physician Role,Physician's Roles,Physicians Role,Physicians' Roles,Role, Physician's,Role, Physicians',Roles, Physician's,Roles, Physicians'
D002648	Child	A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL.	Children
D003638	Deafness	A general term for the complete loss of the ability to hear from both ears.	Deafness Permanent,Hearing Loss Permanent,Prelingual Deafness,Deaf Mutism,Deaf-Mutism,Deafness, Acquired,Hearing Loss, Complete,Hearing Loss, Extreme,Acquired Deafness,Complete Hearing Loss,Deafness, Prelingual,Extreme Hearing Loss,Permanent, Deafness,Permanent, Hearing Loss,Permanents, Deafness
D004519	Education, Special	Education of the individual who markedly deviates intellectually, physically, socially, or emotionally from those considered to be normal, thus requiring special instruction.	Special Education,Educations, Special,Special Educations
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012813	Sign Language	A system of hand gestures used for communication by those with HEARING LOSS or by people speaking different languages.	Sign Languages
D013060	Speech	Communication through a system of conventional vocal symbols.	Public Speaking,Speaking, Public