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Early Literacy Predictors and Second-Grade Outcomes in Children Who Are Hard of Hearing

Year: 2018

Type: article

Abstract: This study contrasted the early literacy outcomes of children who are hard of hearing (CHH) with children with normal hearing (CNH). At age 5, prereading skills of oral language, phonological processing, and print knowledge were examined in CHH (N = 180) and CNH (N = 80). The CHH had poorer oral language and phonological processing abilities than the CNH but comparable knowledge of print. At age 8, measures of word reading, and reading comprehension yielded no differences between CHH (N = 108) and CNH (N = 62) except for reading comprehension for the moderately severe CHH. Reading achievement in CHH was found to exceed predictions based on prereading performance. This resilience was associated with gains in oral language during the early school years.

Source: Child Development

DOI: 10.1111/cdev.13158

Authors: J Bruce Tomblin, Jake Oleson, Sophie E Ambrose, Elizabeth A Walker, Mary P Moeller

Institutions: University of Iowa, Boys Town National Research Hospital

Language: English

Topic: Hearing Impairment and Communication

Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Quality education

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders