Caitlin M. Dillon|Kenneth De Jong|David B. Pisoni
Phonological Awareness, Reading Skills, and Vocabulary Knowledge in Children Who Use Cochlear Implants
Indiana University|Indiana University|University School
hearing children reading skills found closely related phonological awarenesswe used several standardized tests investigate reading phonological awareness skills 27 deaf schoolage children experienced cochlear implant usersapproximately twothirds children performed level hearing peers phonological awareness reading tasksreading scores found strongly correlated measures phonological awarenessthese correlations remained statistically controlled potentially confounding demographic variables age testing speech perception skillshowever correlations decreased even statistically controlled vocabulary sizethis finding suggests lexicon size mediating factor relationship childrens phonological awareness reading skills finding also reported typically developing hearing children