Deborah James|Kaukab Rajput|Julie Brinton|Usha Goswami
Orthographic influences, vocabulary development, and phonological awareness in deaf children who use cochlear implants
Great Ormond Street Hospital|University College London|University of Cambridge
abstract current study explore influence orthographic knowledge phonological awareness children cochlear implants compare developmental associations found hearing children matched word reading level chronological age show influence orthographic knowledge syllable phoneme awareness deaf hearing children orthographic effect rhyme awareness nonorthographic rhyme awareness significant predictor reading outcomes groups however whereas receptive vocabulary knowledge important predictor word reading variance cochlear implant group rhyme awareness important predictor word reading variance reading level matched hearing group vocabulary rhyme awareness equally important predicting reading chronological agematched hearing group data suggest deaf hearing children influenced orthography making phonological judgments phonological awareness vocabulary important reading development