Kenn Apel|Julie J. Masterson
Comparing the Spelling and Reading Abilities of Students With Cochlear Implants and Students With Typical Hearing
University of South Carolina|Missouri State University
purpose study determine whether students without hearing loss hl differed spelling abilities specifically underlying linguistic awareness skills support spelling ability furthermore examined whether differences two groups relationship reading spelling assessed spelling wordlevel reading reading comprehension skills nine students cochlear implants nine students typical hearing matched reading age students spellings analyzed determine whether misspellings due errors phonemic awareness orthographic pattern morphological awareness poor mental graphemic representations students hl demonstrated markedly less advanced spelling abilities students typical hearing students hl misspellings primarily due deficiencies orthographic pattern morphological awareness correlations measures spelling real word reading reading comprehension lower students hl additional investigations using similar approach spelling analysis captures underlying causes spelling errors researchers better understand linguistic awareness abilities students hl bring task reading spelling