Vincent J Samar
Biographic Data
| ID | 749010 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Vincent J Samar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Vincent J |
| FAMILY NAME | Samar |
| SIGNATURE | SAMAR V J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Rochester Institute of Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9724-4233 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Cortisol dysregulation among American Sign Language interpreters in different work settings: Confirmation of occupational health risks
Cumulative motion injuries and burnout contribute to an international shortage of signed language interpreters (SLIs). Studies using the Job Content Questionnaire, a well-validated measure of occupational health risks, indicate that risk levels differ among SLI work settings. Specifically, video relay service (VRS) and primary and secondary educational settings (K–12) are associated with greater health risks. The current study validated those res…
Validity of the American Sign Language Discrimination Test
American Sign Language (ASL) is one of the most commonly taught languages in North America. Yet, few assessment instruments for ASL proficiency have been developed, none of which have adequately demonstrated validity. We propose that the American Sign Language Discrimination Test (ASL-DT), a recently developed measure of learners’ ability to discriminate phonological and morphophonological contrasts in ASL, provides an objective overall measure o…
Community Participatory Research With Deaf Sign Language Users to Identify Health Inequities
Deaf people who use American Sign Language (ASL) are medically underserved and often excluded from health research and surveillance. We used a community participatory approach to develop and administer an ASL-accessible health survey. We identified deaf community strengths (e.g., a low prevalence of current smokers) and 3 glaring health inequities: obesity, partner violence, and suicide. This collaborative work represents the first time a deaf co…
Same-Sex Marriage: The Difficult Road Ahead
In this commentary, the legal ramifications and implications of the recent ruling by the Massachusetts Supreme Court allowing same-sex marriages to occur in that state are examined. The author then suggests a hypothetical scenario for what the future might look like assuming that the Massachusetts decision is not overturned by adoption of a state constitutional amendment
Validity of Indirect Assessment of Writing Competency for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing College Students
Indirect tests of writing competency are often used at the college level for a variety of educational, programmatic, and research purposes. Although such tests may have been validated on hearing populations, it cannot be assumed that they validly assess the writing competency of deaf and hard-of-hearing students. This study used a direct criterion measure of writing competency to determine the criterion validity of two indirect measures of writin…
Does Deafness Lead to Enhancement of Visual Spatial Cognition in Children: Negative Evidence from Deaf Nonsigners
This study investigated whether deafness contributes to enhancement of visual spatial cognition independent of knowledge of a sign language. Congenitally deaf school children in India who were born to hearing parents and were not exposed to any sign language, and matched hearing controls, were given a test of digit span and five tests that measured visual spatial skills. The deaf group showed shorter digit span than the hearing group, consistent …
A Moral Justification for Gay and Lesbian Civil Rights Legislation
This essay explores, in two parts, the problems of justifying civil rights legislation for gays, lesbians, and bisexuals. Part I shows that discrimination against gays and lesbians at least in respect to employment, housing, and public accommodations is an evil unsupported by ethical traditions in utilitarianism, rights theory, and communitarianism. It also shows that two theories, Kantian theory and natural law theory, which do support such disc…
External and Diagnostic Validity of the NTID Writing Test: An Investigation Using Direct Magnitude Estimation and Principal Components Analysis
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Be is a raising verb: Psycholinguistic evidence
The Psychological Reality of the Subset Principle: Evidence from the Governing Categories of Prelingually Deaf Adults
This study presents evidence for the psychological reality of the Subset Principle as a determinant of the acquisition of Governing Category Parameter settings for English anaphors and pronominals. We used prelingual deafness as a natural experiment in the acquisition of English in the presence of variably impaired access to English language data. Previous work has shown that deaf adults with low proficiency in English typically know the unmarked…
Community Participatory Research With Deaf Sign Language Users to Identify Health Inequities
Deaf people who use American Sign Language (ASL) are medically underserved and often excluded from health research and surveillance. We used a community participatory approach to develop and administer an ASL-accessible health survey. We identified deaf community strengths (e.g., a low prevalence of current smokers) and 3 glaring health inequities: obesity, partner violence, and suicide. This collaborative work represents the first time a deaf co…
The Psychological Reality of the Subset Principle: Evidence from the Governing Categories of Prelingually Deaf Adults
This study presents evidence for the psychological reality of the Subset Principle as a determinant of the acquisition of Governing Category Parameter settings for English anaphors and pronominals. We used prelingual deafness as a natural experiment in the acquisition of English in the presence of variably impaired access to English language data. Previous work has shown that deaf adults with low proficiency in English typically know the unmarked…
The Psychological Reality of the Subset Principle: Evidence from the Governing Categories of Prelingually Deaf Adults
This study presents evidence for the psychological reality of the Subset Principle as a determinant of the acquisition of Governing Category Parameter settings for English anaphors and pronominals. We used prelingual deafness as a natural experiment in the acquisition of English in the presence of variably impaired access to English language data. Previous work has shown that deaf adults with low proficiency in English typically know the unmarked…
Be is a raising verb: Psycholinguistic evidence
External and Diagnostic Validity of the NTID Writing Test: An Investigation Using Direct Magnitude Estimation and Principal Components Analysis
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A Moral Justification for Gay and Lesbian Civil Rights Legislation
This essay explores, in two parts, the problems of justifying civil rights legislation for gays, lesbians, and bisexuals. Part I shows that discrimination against gays and lesbians at least in respect to employment, housing, and public accommodations is an evil unsupported by ethical traditions in utilitarianism, rights theory, and communitarianism. It also shows that two theories, Kantian theory and natural law theory, which do support such disc…
Validity of Indirect Assessment of Writing Competency for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing College Students
Indirect tests of writing competency are often used at the college level for a variety of educational, programmatic, and research purposes. Although such tests may have been validated on hearing populations, it cannot be assumed that they validly assess the writing competency of deaf and hard-of-hearing students. This study used a direct criterion measure of writing competency to determine the criterion validity of two indirect measures of writin…
Does Deafness Lead to Enhancement of Visual Spatial Cognition in Children: Negative Evidence from Deaf Nonsigners
This study investigated whether deafness contributes to enhancement of visual spatial cognition independent of knowledge of a sign language. Congenitally deaf school children in India who were born to hearing parents and were not exposed to any sign language, and matched hearing controls, were given a test of digit span and five tests that measured visual spatial skills. The deaf group showed shorter digit span than the hearing group, consistent …
Same-Sex Marriage: The Difficult Road Ahead
In this commentary, the legal ramifications and implications of the recent ruling by the Massachusetts Supreme Court allowing same-sex marriages to occur in that state are examined. The author then suggests a hypothetical scenario for what the future might look like assuming that the Massachusetts decision is not overturned by adoption of a state constitutional amendment
Community Participatory Research With Deaf Sign Language Users to Identify Health Inequities
Deaf people who use American Sign Language (ASL) are medically underserved and often excluded from health research and surveillance. We used a community participatory approach to develop and administer an ASL-accessible health survey. We identified deaf community strengths (e.g., a low prevalence of current smokers) and 3 glaring health inequities: obesity, partner violence, and suicide. This collaborative work represents the first time a deaf co…
Validity of the American Sign Language Discrimination Test
American Sign Language (ASL) is one of the most commonly taught languages in North America. Yet, few assessment instruments for ASL proficiency have been developed, none of which have adequately demonstrated validity. We propose that the American Sign Language Discrimination Test (ASL-DT), a recently developed measure of learners’ ability to discriminate phonological and morphophonological contrasts in ASL, provides an objective overall measure o…
Cortisol dysregulation among American Sign Language interpreters in different work settings: Confirmation of occupational health risks
Cumulative motion injuries and burnout contribute to an international shortage of signed language interpreters (SLIs). Studies using the Job Content Questionnaire, a well-validated measure of occupational health risks, indicate that risk levels differ among SLI work settings. Specifically, video relay service (VRS) and primary and secondary educational settings (K–12) are associated with greater health risks. The current study validated those res…
Psychology (8 works) · Hearing Impairment and Communication (7 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · American Sign Language (4 works) · Developmental psychology (4 works) · Linguistics (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Sign language (4 works) · Audiology (3 works) · Political science (3 works)