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) …

With much earlier identification of hearing loss come expectations that increasing numbers
of deaf children will develop literacy abilities comparable to their hearing age peers. To date …

The relation between reading ability and phonological coding and awareness (PCA) skills in
individuals who are severely and profoundly deaf was investigated with a meta-analysis …

Debates about methods of supporting language development and academic skills of deaf or
hard-of-hearing children have waxed and waned for more than 100 years: Will using sign …

The development of reading ability in a group of deaf children was followed over a 3-year
period. A total of 29 deaf children (7–8years of age at the first assessment) participated in …

Purpose To explore the phonological awareness skills of deaf children with cochlear
implants (CIs) and relationships with vocabulary and reading development. Method Forty …

Seven-and eight-year-old deaf children and hearing children of equivalent reading age
were presented with a number of tasks designed to assess reading, spelling, productive …

Only a minority of profoundly deaf children read at age-level. We contend this reflects
cognitive and linguistic impediments from lack of exposure to a natural language in early …

OBJECTIVES: The reading skills of deaf children have typically been delayed and this delay
has been found to increase with age. This study explored the reading ability of a large group …

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 …