Adapting the WISC-R for Deaf Children

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This study developed and assessed the impact of a standardized procedure upon the WISC-R Performance Scales used with deaf children. The general findings provide evidence that the deaf child's scores on the WISC-R do not differ significantly from that of the Wechsler norms for hearing children. A peculiar subtest profile was detected and found to be significant. Analysis of the data suggests that this profile can best be explained by the Experiential Deficits hypothesis. Suggestions were made that future investigations should center around assessing the intelligence of deaf children of deaf parents, since this population showed a significantly higher overall IQ and no peculiarities of profile.

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