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Buchanan-Worster, Elizabeth; MacSweeney, Mairéad; Pimperton, Hannah; Kyle, Fiona; Harris, Margaret; Beedie, Indie; Ralph-Lewis, Amelia; Hulme, Charles – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2020
Purpose: Speechreading (lipreading) is a correlate of reading ability in both deaf and hearing children. We investigated whether the relationship between speechreading and single-word reading is mediated by phonological awareness in deaf and hearing children. Method: In two separate studies, 66 deaf children and 138 hearing children, aged 5-8…
Descriptors: Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Young Children, Lipreading
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Pimperton, Hannah; Kyle, Fiona; Hulme, Charles; Harris, Margaret; Beedie, Indie; Ralph-Lewis, Amelia; Worster, Elizabeth; Rees, Rachel; Donlan, Chris; MacSweeney, Mairéad – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2019
Purpose: We developed and evaluated in a randomized controlled trial a computerized speechreading training program to determine (a) whether it is possible to train speechreading in deaf children and (b) whether speechreading training results in improvements in phonological and reading skills. Previous studies indicate a relationship between…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Assistive Technology, Lipreading, Deafness
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Harris, Margaret; Terlektsi, Emmanouela; Kyle, Fiona Elizabeth – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2017
Forty-one children with severe-profound prelingual hearing loss were assessed on single word reading, reading comprehension, English vocabulary, phonological awareness and speechreading at three time points, 1 year apart (T1-T3). Their progress was compared with that of a group of hearing children of similar nonverbal IQ, initially reading at the…
Descriptors: Deafness, Reading Comprehension, Reading Skills, Vocabulary
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Kyle, Fiona E.; Harris, Margaret – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2010
The development of reading ability in a group of deaf children was followed over a 3-year period. A total of 29 deaf children (7-8 years of age at the first assessment) participated in the study, and every 12 months they were given a battery of literacy, cognitive, and language tasks. Earlier vocabulary and speechreading skills predicted…
Descriptors: Phonology, Reading Achievement, Deafness, Phonological Awareness
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Harris, Margaret; Moreno, Constanza – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2006
Nine children with severe-profound prelingual hearing loss and single-word reading scores not more than 10 months behind chronological age (Good Readers) were matched with 9 children whose reading lag was at least 15 months (Poor Readers). Good Readers had significantly higher spelling and reading comprehension scores. They produced significantly…
Descriptors: Lipreading, Reading Strategies, Children, Hearing Impairments
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Kyle, Fiona E.; Harris, Margaret – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2006
Seven-and eight-year-old deaf children and hearing children of equivalent reading age were presented with a number of tasks designed to assess reading, spelling, productive vocabulary, speechreading, phonological awareness, short-term memory, and nonverbal intelligence. The two groups were compared for similarities and differences in the levels of…
Descriptors: Phonological Awareness, Short Term Memory, Spelling, Sentences