Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ388838
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Publication Date: 1989
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Factors Predictive of the Development of Literacy in Profoundly Hearing-Impaired Adolescents.
Geers, Ann; Moog, Jean
Volta Review, v91 n2 p69-86 Feb-Mar 1989
A study of reading, writing, spoken and signed language, speech perception and production, and cognition of 100 profoundly hearing-impaired students in oral and mainstream high school programs suggests that hearing-impaired students have much higher potential for literacy than previously reported, and that the primary predictor is English-language competence. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Cognitive Development, Foreign Countries, Hearing Impairments, High School Students, High Schools, Language Proficiency, Literacy, Mainstreaming, Oral Language, Predictor Variables, Reading Skills, Severe Disabilities, Sign Language, Speech Skills, Student Characteristics, Writing Skills
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada; United States
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