We examined the language and reading progress of 336 young DHH children in
kindergarten, first and second grades. Trained assessors tested children's language …

This article reports on a longitutinal study of reading progress in a group of five-year-old deaf
children and a group of hearing controls. All children were prereaders at the beginning of …

Childhood hearing loss presents challenges to language development, especially spoken
language. In this article, we review existing literature on deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) …

The emerging reading and spelling abilities of 24 deaf and 23 hearing beginning readers
were followed over 2 years. The deaf children varied in their language backgrounds and …

The purpose of this study was to compare developmental trajectories of oral language
acquisition of children who are deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) and children with typical …

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

Better understanding of the mechanisms underlying early reading skills can lead to
improved interventions. Hence, the purpose of this study was to examine multivariate …

This chapter analyses the reading and spelling skills of deaf persons. It is first noted that
reading achievement is usually weak in this population. The data and theory about reading …

The sources of knowledge that individuals use to make similarity judgments about words are
thought to tap underlying phonological representations. This study addresses the issue of …

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 …