Kec30
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editHello, Kec30, and welcome to Wikipedia! My name is Shalor and I work with the Wiki Education Foundation; I help support students who are editing as part of a class assignment.
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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 21:42, 11 February 2019 (UTC)
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editCan you please format this properly. Also we need to paraphrase not quote. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 07:34, 9 May 2019 (UTC)
"The “overall experience of lacking fully accessible language input is increasingly described as language deprivation”[1] As cited by Hall, Hall and Caselli “Most children are born into a world rich with language input. For these children, language acquisition begins at birth, and even before[2] Barring serious neurocognitive impairments, these children will have mastered their native language(s) by approximately age 5, and will depend on their linguistic skills in nearly all other domains of development. Children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing (DHH) enter a world where access to language is much less certain.”[3] The majority of deaf infants are at risk for language deprivation because their parents do not yet know a sign language and because they have limited or no access to spoken language. Even with the best available technology (e.g., cochlear implants, hearing aids) and interventions, about half of all deaf children will enter kindergarten with spoken language skills below the 16th percentile[4], and it is currently not possible to predict which children will and will not successfully learn a spoken language. Two small scale studies show that spoken language skills in children with early exposure to sign language are generally quite good[5]. Further, sign language exposure can protect against the effects of language deprivation (e.g., Theory of Mind, Executive Function etc). When discussing language and educational approaches for deaf children it is important to be aware of the effects of language deprivation, as it has the potential for harmful and lasting effects."
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editHi! Thank you Doc James for your help!
Kec30, I saw that you had used a large quote for the article. Doc James is correct - it's much, much better to rephrase content in your own words than it is to quote. Part of this is because large quotes are hard to justify under the fair use guidelines. Another reason is that when it comes to medical quotes, the content is often written in a way that can be difficult for the average reader to really understand. Also, when you add content make sure that your sources are made into in-line citations like in this training module.
I also wanted to link you to our training module on editing health and psychology topics, since you're delving more into the medical side of ASL with this article. Part of the gist with this is that you need to make sure that you're very careful with how you write and also with what sources you use. Popular press sources should be avoided unless you're going to be writing about the history of a medical topic. Academic and scholarly sources are typically the best sources here, although you will need to use caution with what sources you use from this area. You should typically avoid studies, as they're seen as primary sources for any of the claims or research created by its author(s). In order to use a study you'd need an independent, reliable (usually academic/scholarly) source that covers the study. The training module and the info that Doc James has above go over this in more depth.
Definitely feel free to come to me with any questions you have! Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 13:24, 9 May 2019 (UTC)
- ^ (e.g., Glickman & Hall, 2018; W. C. Hall, 2017; W. C. Hall, Levin, & Anderson, 2017; Humphries et al., 2016a, 2016b)
- ^ (e.g., DeCasper & Fifer, 1980; Mehler et al., 1988).
- ^ (Caselli, N. K., Hall, W. C., & Hall, M. L. (2019). Deaf children need language, not (just) speech. Sage Journals. doi:https://doi.org/10.1177/0142723719834102)
- ^ (Geers, A. E. (2017). Early Sign Language Exposure and Cochlear Implantation Benefits. American Academy of Pediatrics. doi:10.1542/peds.2016-3489)
- ^ (Davidson, K., Lilo-Martin, D., & Chen Pichler, D. (2014). Spoken English Language Development Among Native Signing Children With Cochlear Implants. Deaf Studies Deaf Education. doi:10.1093/deafed/ent045; Hassanzadeh, S. (2012). Outcomes of cochlear implantation in deaf children of deaf parents: Comparative study. The Journal of Laryngology & Otology, 126(10), 989-994. doi:10.1017/S0022215112001909)