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Peer reviewedGilbertson, Margie; Kamhi, Alan G. – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1995
This study found that word learning ability in only 10 of 20 children (ages 7-10) with hearing impairment (HI) was comparable to performance of 20 hearing children matched for receptive vocabulary knowledge. Degree of hearing loss was not related to language or word-learning abilities. Results suggest the coexistence of a language impairment for…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Hearing Impairments, Individual Differences, Language Acquisition
