Reading Development: A Parent Survey of Children with Hearing Impairment Who Developed Speech and Language through the Auditory-Verbal Method.

Robertson, Lyn; Flexer, Carol

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ERIC Number: EJ474410

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1993

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Reading Development: A Parent Survey of Children with Hearing Impairment Who Developed Speech and Language through the Auditory-Verbal Method.

Robertson, Lyn; Flexer, Carol

Volta Review, v95 n3 p253-61 Sum 1993

A survey of parents of 54 school-age children with prelingual hearing loss being taught through the auditory-verbal approach revealed that 85% of children were estimated to read better than or as well as average normal hearing children. Of 37 children for whom standardized test scores were supplied, 30 scored at the 50th percentile or higher. (JDD)

Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Hearing Impairments, Hearing Therapy, Instructional Effectiveness, Language Acquisition, Oral Communication Method, Outcomes of Treatment, Parent Attitudes, Partial Hearing, Reading Ability, Reading Achievement, Standardized Tests, Verbal Learning

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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