Thesis (Ph.D.)--Boston University / PLEASE NOTE: Boston University Libraries did not receive an Authorization To Manage form for this thesis or dissertation. It is therefore not openly accessible, though it may be available by request. If you are the author or principal advisor of this work and would like to request open access for it, please contact us at open-help@bu.edu. Thank you. / The present study was conducted to explore further the
general hypothesis that prolonged deficit in one perceptual
modality during growth may have implications for the development
of the residual intact modalities. Specifically,
the absence of audition was hypothesized as having a retarding
effect on the development of tactile-kinesthetic discrimination.
A subsidiary aim was to clarify the interpretation
of previous findings with the congenitally blind
(Menaker, 1965) which indicated a four year developmental
delay on one of the tasks administered (the size-weight
illusion) in this investigation.
A total of 192 children ranging in age from six through
fourteen years served as subjects in the study; of this numb
er, 84 were congenitally deaf, while 108 had normal hearing.
The groups were matched solely for chronological age,
although borderline children with respect to I. Q. , visual
defect, and behavioral disorder were excluded. They were
administered two tactile-kinesthetic tasks, a standard
test of weight discrimination and the size-weight illusion,
in counterbalanced order. [TRUNCATED] / 2031-01-01
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:bu.edu/oai:open.bu.edu:2144/36824 |
| Date | January 1968 |
| Creators | Golub, Ralph J. |
| Publisher | Boston University |
| Source Sets | Boston University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
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