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How Do Children Who Can't Hear Learn to Read an Alphabetic Script? A Review of the Literature on Reading and Deafness

Author(s) -

Carol Musselman

Publication year - 2000

Publication title -

the journal of deaf studies and deaf education

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.862

H-Index - 59

eISSN - 1465-7325

pISSN - 1081-4159

DOI - 10.1093/deafed/5.1.9

Subject(s) - reading (process) , psychology , literacy , american sign language , linguistics , sign language , sign (mathematics) , spoken language , pedagogy , mathematical analysis , philosophy , mathematics

I review the literature on reading and deafness, focusing on the role of three broad factors in acquisition and skilled reading: the method of encoding print; language-specific knowledge (i.e., English); and general language knowledge. I explore the contribution of three communication systems to reading: spoken language, English-based sign, and American Sign Language. Their potential contribution to literacy is mediated by four parameters on which they differ: codability, structural isomorphism, accessibility, and processibility. Finally, I discuss the implications for additional research as well as for education.

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