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09 15, 2022;27 (4): 311-323.

Predicting Early Literacy: Auditory and Visual Speech Decoding in Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children.

Sascha Couvee, Loes Wauters, Ludo Verhoeven, Harry Knoors, Eliane Segers
Author Information
  1. Sascha Couvee: Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
  2. Loes Wauters: Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
  3. Ludo Verhoeven: Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
  4. Harry Knoors: Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
  5. Eliane Segers: Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
PMID: 35817315 DOI: 10.1093/deafed/enac019

Abstract

The current study investigated the relative contributions of auditory speech decoding (i.e., auditory discrimination) and visual speech decoding (i.e., speechreading) on phonological awareness and letter knowledge in deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) kindergartners (Mage = 6;4, n = 27) and hearing kindergartners (Mage = 5;10, n = 42). Hearing children scored higher on auditory discrimination and phonological awareness, with the DHH children scoring at chance level for auditory discrimination, while no differences were found on speechreading and letter knowledge. For DHH children, speechreading correlated with phonological awareness and letter knowledge, for the hearing children, auditory discrimination correlated with phonological awareness. Two regression analyses showed that speechreading predicted phonological awareness and letter knowledge in DHH children only. Speechreading may thus be a compensatory factor in early literacy for DHH children, at least for those who are exposed to spoken language in monolingual or in bilingual or bimodal-bilingual contexts, and could be important to focus on during early literacy instruction.

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Grants

  1. 2018.05/Royal Dutch Kentalis

MeSH Term

Child
Deafness
Hearing Loss
Humans
Literacy
Persons with Hearing Disabilities
Phonetics
Reading
Speech
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