A.M. Melot’s scientific contributions

... More specifically, this theory suggests that DHH individuals miss out on opportunities for incidental learning, the experience by which individuals learn through passive exposure to social interactions and through listening to, overhearing, or overseeing conversations (Calderon & Greenberg, 2003). This is evidenced by studies finding greater ToM skills between DHH individuals whose native language was sign language and grew up with DHH parents and/or DHH siblings who were f luent in sign language compared to DHH peers who learned sign language later in life or were raised in a spoken language environment (Courtin & Melot, 1998;Peterson & Siegal, 1999;Remmel et al., 1998;Woolfe et al., 2003). Indeed, research shows support for the conversational hypothesis, demonstrating that social skills and social interactions can be improved among DHH children with systematic training and discourse in emotional understanding (Dyck & Denver, 2003). ...

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Theory of Mind and Alexithymia in Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Young Adults