Reading Comprehension of Dutch Deaf Children

In this study, the reading comprehension of deaf children and adolescents in the Netherlands is examined along with their word identification. The reading comprehension of 464 deaf students and the word identification of 504 deaf students between 6 and 20 years of age was examined. The results show...

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Published in:Reading & writing 2006-02, Vol.19 (1), p.49-76
Main Authors: Wauters, Loes N, Van Bon, Wim H. J, Tellings, Agnes E. J. M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescents
Children
Comparative Analysis
Deafness
Dutch language
Elementary education
Foreign Countries
Grade 1
Netherlands
Reading Comprehension
Reading Difficulties
Scores
Word Recognition
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Summary:In this study, the reading comprehension of deaf children and adolescents in the Netherlands is examined along with their word identification. The reading comprehension of 464 deaf students and the word identification of 504 deaf students between 6 and 20 years of age was examined. The results show the reading comprehension scores of deaf children to be far below the scores of hearing children. On average, the deaf subjects scored at a level equivalent to a hearing child in the first grade. The word identification scores of the deaf children, however, were almost equivalent to the scores of hearing children. Although reading comprehension and word identification appear to be related, this relation does not completely explain the comprehension difficulties encountered by deaf children. Additional factors are required to explain deaf children's difficulties with reading comprehension.
ISSN:0922-4777
1573-0905
DOI:10.1007/s11145-004-5894-0