Learning of Blissymbols and Manual Signs
- 1 May 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Speech Language Hearing Association in Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders
- Vol. 49 (2) , 145-151
- https://doi.org/10.1044/jshd.4902.145
Abstract
Blissymbols and manual signs are two representational systems widely used as alternatives to spoken communication for persons unable to speak understandably. They were compared to determine if there is any advantage of one over the other in ease of learning or in retention. Immediate and 1-day posttest measures were obtained from 20 7- and 8-year-old children engaged in a paired-associate transfer-of-training task using manual signs and Blissymbols. Results showed no overall difference between signs and symbols in number of correct responses on either the immediate or 1-day posttest.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
- Learning Words Using Traditional Orthography and the Symbols of Rebus, Bliss, and CarrierJournal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 1981
- Assessing Non-Oral Clients for Assistive Communication DevicesJournal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 1980
- Blissymbolics—A Nonverbal Communication SystemJournal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 1977