Jessica P. Bergeron|Amy R. Lederberg|Susan R. Easterbrooks|Elizabeth M. Miller|Carol McDonald Connor
Building the Alphabetic Principle in Young Children who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Rochester Institute of Technology|Utah State University|University of Queensland|Georgia State University|Georgia State University|Rochester Institute of Technology|Utah State University|University of Queensland|Utah State University|University of Queensland|Rochester Institute of Technology|Georgia State University|Rochester Institute of Technology|Utah State University|University of Queensland|Georgia State University|Rochester Institute of Technology|Utah State University|University of Queensland|Georgia State University
study examined speech perception speech language developmental progress 25 children hearing loss mean puretone average pta 7937 db hl auditoryverbal therapy programchildren tested initially 21 months later battery assessmentsthe speech language results time compared control group children typical hearing matched initial language age receptive vocabulary gender socioeconomic levelspeech perception scores children hearing loss showed significant improvement p 005 livevoice presentations recorded voicefor groups significant improvement 21 months scores auditory comprehension oral expression total language articulation consonants