Hearing Impairment and Communication
Hearing Impairment and Communication is a research topic within Developmental and Educational Psychology. Science Explorer counts 27k research works in it since 1950. 14.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the acquisition and development of sign language, including topics such as the role of gesture in language acquisition, cognitive development in deaf children, bilingualism, neural correlates of sign language processing, and strategies for early intervention and literacy development. The research encompasses various aspects of sign language acquisition and its impact on cognitive and linguistic development in deaf individuals.
- Sign Language
- Gesture
- Language Acquisition
- Deaf Children
- Bilingualism
- Cognitive Development
- Neural Correlates
- Early Intervention
- Literacy Development
- Phonological Processing
- Research works
- 27k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 3.9k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 14.5% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +33% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Hearing Impairment and Communication research?
By volume, the United States and Brazil publish the most (1k and 782 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 1k works
- 2 Brazil 782 works
- 3 India 500 works
- 4 China 243 works
- 5 United Kingdom 241 works
- 6 France 166 works
- 7 Germany 157 works
- 8 Australia 145 works
- 9 Indonesia 144 works
- 10 Canada 119 works
How concentrated that is
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Which institutions lead Hearing Impairment and Communication research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Gallaudet University publishes the most Hearing Impairment and Communication research, followed by Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina and Rochester Institute of Technology.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Gallaudet University United States 31 works
- 2 Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina Brazil 23 works
- 3 Rochester Institute of Technology United States 22 works
- 4 Universidade de São Paulo Brazil 21 works
- 5 Google (United States) United States 21 works
- 6 SRM Institute of Science and Technology India 21 works
- 7 Macquarie University Australia 19 works
- 8 Universidade Federal de São Carlos Brazil 18 works
- 9 Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) Brazil 17 works
- 10 The University of Texas at Austin United States 16 works
Who are the leading researchers in Hearing Impairment and Communication?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Hearing Impairment and Communication include Andrew Zisserman, Robert J. Sternberg and Hermann Ney.
- 1 Andrew Zisserman 25k citations
- 2 Robert J. Sternberg 4.4k citations
- 3 Hermann Ney 2.9k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Hearing Impairment and Communication research done?
The largest centres of Hearing Impairment and Communication research in 2022–2025 are São Paulo (Brazil), Paris (France), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and Washington D.C. (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Rochester.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
- 1 São Paulo Brazil 102 works
- 2 Paris France 54 works
- 3 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 54 works
- 4 Washington D.C. United States 52 works
- 5 Chennai India 51 works
- 6 Bengaluru India 49 works
- 7 London United Kingdom 49 works
- 8 Beijing China 45 works
- 9 Sydney Australia 43 works
- 10 New York United States 35 works
Where it is the local speciality
- RochesterUS · 32.8 works9.4×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Hearing Impairment and Communication than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Hearing Impairment and Communication?
Among universities, judged by research, Rochester Institute of Technology, Gallaudet University and Radboud University Nijmegen score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rochester Institute of Technology United States | 61.9 | 25.5% | 33.4× | 22 | +36.2% |
| 2 | Gallaudet University United States | 60.7 | 21.2% | 728.7× | 31 | -11.9% |
| 3 | Radboud University Nijmegen Netherlands | 58.3 | 40.2% | 6.9× | 15 | -14.6% |
| 4 | San Diego State University United States | 56.6 | 41.9% | 9.9× | 9 | +16.2% |
| 5 | Stockholm University Sweden | 56.5 | 23.9% | 8.7× | 15 | +47.1% |
| 6 | Macquarie University Australia | 56.0 | 15.6% | 10.1× | 19 | +0.7% |
| 7 | University of the Witwatersrand South Africa | 55.8 | 32.3% | 6.4× | 14 | +92.9% |
| 8 | Lamar University United States | 51.0 | 8.7% | 38.4× | 10 | +190.3% |
| 9 | King Saud University Saudi Arabia | 49.8 | 30.1% | 2.4× | 12 | +170.4% |
| 10 | Universidade Federal de São Carlos Brazil | 45.8 | 3.3% | 8.6× | 18 | +96.0% |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is Hearing Impairment and Communication research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 33% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Hearing Impairment and Communication.
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Which topics inside it are moving
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