Purpose: The purpose of this longitudinal investigation was to compare the developmental
trajectories of code-related emergent literacy skills of children who are deaf and hard of …

Purpose The purpose of this study was to compare change in emergent literacy skills of
preschool children with and without hearing loss over a 6-month period. Method Participants …

Children who are deaf and hard of hearing are at risk for serious reading deficiencies
(Carney & Moeller, 1998). Indeed, the median reading level for high school graduates with …

Objective: Literacy skill development in deaf or hard of hearing (DHH) children is essential
for success in school and beyond. Our objective was to evaluate the association between …

Better understanding the mechanisms underlying developing literacy has promoted the
development of more effective reading interventions for typically developing children. Such …

The present study evaluated the efficacy of a new preschool early literacy intervention
created specifically for deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) children with functional hearing …

Objective: A key ingredient to academic success is being able to read. Deaf individuals have
historically failed to develop literacy skills comparable with those of their normal-hearing …

Purpose To (a) familiarize readers with the components of emergent literacy and the impact
hearing loss may have on the development of these skills;(b) demonstrate the importance of …

Long-term literacy outcomes for children with hearing loss, particularly those with severe-to-
profound deafness who are fitted with cochlear implants (CIs) lag behind those of children …

Background Our team began the process of developing FFL with a systematic review of
research that exists about effective early childhood education programs for TH preschoolers …