Specialized Cognitive Function and Reading Achievement in Hearing-Impaired Adolescents.

Craig, Helen B.; Gordon, Harold W.

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ERIC Number: EJ367453

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Publication Date: 1988

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Specialized Cognitive Function and Reading Achievement in Hearing-Impaired Adolescents.

Craig, Helen B.; Gordon, Harold W.

Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, v53 n1 p30-41 Feb 1988

Hearing-impaired adolescents (n=62) were evaluated on tests of specialized cognitive functioning. Variables noted were reading and mathematics achievement, speech production, etiology, and age at impairment onset. Performance was below average for verbal/sequential skills of the left cerebral hemisphere and average or above for the visuospatial skills of the right cerebral hemisphere. (Author/JDD)

Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Tests, Etiology, Hearing Impairments, Lateral Dominance, Mathematics Achievement, Performance Tests, Reading Achievement, Secondary Education, Sequential Learning, Spatial Ability, Speech Skills, Verbal Ability

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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