title: The school-to-community transition of hearing-impaired persons with developmental disabilities. A review of the empirical literature.
abstract: This article summarizes empirical studies of the school-to-community transition of hearing-impaired persons with developmental disabilities that have been published since 1975. Forty-three sources were located. In addition to summarizing each source, this article discusses the issues related to data collection and interpretation and makes recommendations for future research, development, and evaluation. Analysis of the sources revealed gaps in both the type and focus of the research. Recommendations include conducting more research on this population and publishing more of the results in deafness-related journals, attending to the different needs of mildly versus severely impaired persons, identifying the adult population in need of services, clarifying the terms used to describe the population, scrutinizing assessment data, and developing curriculum materials on transition specifically for this population.
authors.affiliation: Division of Special Education and Rehabilitation, University of Oregon.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bullis
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D012048:Correction of Hearing Impairment; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000150:complications / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000193:education*; D006311:Hearing Disorders / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000150:complications / Q000534:rehabilitation; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational