An Optimistic Look at Literacy and Hearing Impairment.

Luetke-Stahlman, Barbara

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ERIC Number: EJ269940

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1982

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An Optimistic Look at Literacy and Hearing Impairment.

Luetke-Stahlman, Barbara

Teaching English to Deaf and Second-Language Students, v1 n2 p18-29 Sum 1982

Discusses learning to read by hearing impaired children and maintains that given a language base (in sign alone, oral and/or signed English), a total communication environment, and the opportunity to utilize various modes to decode written English, it appears likely that hearing impaired children can develop reading and writing skills in English. (EKN)

Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Hearing Impairments, Literacy, Manual Communication, Oral Communication Method, Reading Difficulties, Reading Skills, Total Communication, Writing Skills

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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