Literacy and deafness
Subtitle: listening and spoken language
By: Lyn Robertson, PhD
Edition: Second edition.
Publisher: Plural Publishing Inc
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 377
ISBN-13: 9781597565578
Subjects: Education; Deaf
Description: Now in its second edition, this book is intended for speech-language pathologists, teachers, and parents of children with hearing loss. Research shows that literacy levels are generally higher in individuals with hearing loss who have learned the spoken language they are reading. At a time when advancements in technology continue to provide increasingly improved access to sound and spoken language, this book pulls together the dominant research from the "hearing world" and applies it to the world of the deaf and hard of hearing. The author argues that helping a child learn to listen and speak is the best way to ensure he or she will learn to read and write.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A history of reading achievement in people with hearing loss; title: Literacy theories; title: Technology and listening / Carol Flexer; title: Spoken language; title: Hearing, listening, and literacy; title: Issues in child development / Gina Dow; title: Learning to read; title: Reading aloud with children; title: Learning to write; title: Creating and using language experience books; title: Proceeding through school; title: Parents, therapists, and teachers working together; title: English language learners and bilingualism; title: Music learning and spoken language development; title: Assessment issues and approaches; title: Promising literacy practices; title: Educational settings for children with hearing loss; title: Parenting a child with hearing loss; title: Where are they now? Listening and spoken language outcomes; title: Thoughts from two founders of the auditory-verbal approach.