Fiona Kyle|Margaret Harris
Predictors of reading development in deaf children: A 3-year longitudinal study
University College London|Oxford Brookes University
development reading ability group deaf children followed 3year period total 29 deaf children 78 years age first assessment participated study every 12 months given battery literacy cognitive language tasks earlier vocabulary speechreading skills predicted longitudinal growth reading achievement relations reading predictor variables showed developmental change earlier reading ability related later phonological awareness skills suggesting deaf children might develop phonological awareness reading deaf children ageappropriate reading skills tended less severe hearing losses earlier diagnoses also preferred communicate speech theoretical implications role speechreading vocabulary phonological awareness deaf childrens literacy discussed