The development of deaf children : an overview of issues / Lynn S. Liben.--The "natural history" of a research project : an illustration of methodological issues in research with deaf children / Kathryn P. Meadow.--Linguistic issues. Structural properties of American sign language / Ursula Bellugi, Edward S. Klima.--The acquisition of signed and spoken language / Hilde S. Schlesinger.--Some speculations concerning deafness and learning to read / Penelope H. Brooks.--Future prospects in language and communication for the congenitally deaf / George Sperling.--On the role of vision in language acquisition by deaf children / R.S. Nickerson.--Social development. Impulse control in deaf children : research and clinical issues / Robert I. Harris.--The effects of deafness on childhood development : an Eriksonian perspective / Hilde S. Schlesinger.--Educational and cultural contexts. Current research and theory with the deaf : educational implications / Donald F. Moores.