Background: Several studies have revealed that prosody contributes to reading acquisition. However, the relation between awareness of prosodic patterns and different facets of language ability (e.g., vocabulary knowledge) in school-age children remains unclear. This study measured awareness of prosodic patterns using non-speech and speech stimuli.…

While the critical importance of phonological awareness (segmental phonology) to reading ability is well established, the potential role of prosody (suprasegmental phonology) in reading development has only recently been explored. This study examined the relationship between children's prosodic skills and reading ability. Hierarchical multiple…

Analysis of the performance of hearing impaired and normal hearing nine- to eleven-year-old children on a standardized reading test shows that the hearing impaired children tackled significantly more test items than their hearing counterparts and made significantly more errors in achieving similar reading scores. (FL)