Jessica Scott|Robert Hoffmeister
American Sign Language and Academic English: Factors Influencing the Reading of Bilingual Secondary School Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students
Georgia State University
many years researchers sought understand reading development deaf hard hearing dhh students guided prior research dhh hearing students study investigate hypothesis secondary school dhh students enrolled american sign language aslenglish bilingual schools deaf academic english proficiency would significant predictor reading comprehension alongside asl proficiency using linear regression found statistically significant interaction effects academic english knowledge word reading fluency predicting reading comprehension scores participants however asl remained strongest consistent predictor reading comprehension within sample findings support model sociodemographic factors asl proficiency word reading fluency primary predictors reading comprehension secondary dhh students