Total communication

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Total communication (TC) is an approach to communicating that aims to make use of a number of modes of communication such as signed, oral, auditory, written and visual aids, depending on the particular needs and abilities of the person.

History[edit]

The term "Total Communication" and its specific philosophy were first used by Roy Holcomb in California.^[1][2] It was adopted by the Maryland school as the official name for their educational philosophy.^[when?] TC was supposed to find a middle ground in age-old disputes between oralism and manualism, and as an alternative to simultaneous communication.^{[citation needed]} In practice, however, most total communication programs use some form of simultaneous communication.^{[citation needed]}

See also[edit]

• Bilingual-bicultural education

References[edit]

• Lowenbraun, S., Appelman, K., & Callahan, J. (1980). Teaching the hearing impaired through total communication. Columbus, OH: Charles E. Merrill.
• Mayer, P. & Lowenbraun, S. (1990). Total communication use among elementary teachers of hearing-impaired children. American Annals of the Deaf, 135, 257–263.
• Moores, D. F. (1996). Educating the deaf. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co.
• Schlesinger, H. (1986). "Total communication in perspective". In D. M. Luterman (Ed.), Deafness in Perspective (pp. 87–116). College-Hill Press: San Diego, CA.
• Scouten, E. (1984). Turning points in the education of deaf people. Danville, IL: The Interstate Printers and Publishers, Inc.

External links[edit]

• Total Communication- The ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education, USA.
• Interview with David Denton

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