Sophie E. Ambrose|Marc E. Fey|Laurie S. Eisenberg
Phonological Awareness and Print Knowledge of Preschool Children With Cochlear Implants
House Clinic|University of Kansas Medical Center|House Clinic
purpose determine whether preschoolage children cochlear implants ageappropriate phonological awareness print knowledge examine relationships skills related speech language abilities method sample comprised 24 children cochlear implants cis 23 peers normal hearing nh ages 36 60 months childrens print knowledge phonological awareness language speech production speech perception abilities assessed results phonological awareness ci groups mean score fell within one standard deviation test preschool early literacys lonigan wagner torgesen amp rashotte 2007 normative sample mean one standard deviation nh group mean ci groups performance differ significantly nh group print knowledge ci group phonological awareness print knowledge significantly correlated language speech production speech perception together predictor variables accounted 34 variance ci groups phonological awareness significant variance print knowledge conclusions children cis potential develop ageappropriate early literacy skills preschool age likely lag behind nh peers phonological awareness intervention programs serving children target skills instruction facilitating speech language development