HEARING-LOSS AND EARLY LITERACY DEVELOPMENT: EXPLORING THE ROLE OF LINGUISTIC SKILLS AND SUPPORT PROGRAMS THAT CAN BENEFIT DHH CHILDREN

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wilmare Terblanche ◽  
Annalene van Staden
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Early Literacy ◽  
Literacy Development ◽  
Support Programs ◽  
Early Literacy Development ◽  
Linguistic Skills

Recasting the Role of Family Involvement in Early Literacy Development

2010 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 330-333 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alanna Rochelle Dail ◽  
Rebecca L. Payne
Keyword(s):  
Early Literacy ◽  
Family Involvement ◽  
Literacy Development ◽  
Early Literacy Development

What Clinicians Need to Know About Early Literacy Development in Children With Hearing Loss

2019 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Runnion ◽  
Shelley Gray
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Early Literacy ◽  
Skill Development ◽  
Reading Proficiency ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Literacy Skill ◽  
Early Literacy Development ◽  
Literacy Skill Development ◽  
Children With Hearing Loss

PurposeChildren with hearing loss may not reach the same level of reading proficiency as their peers with typical development. Audiologists and speech-language pathologists (SLPs) have important roles to play in preventing this problem early in children's development. In this tutorial, we aim to communicate how the habilitation practices of audiologists and intervention services of SLPs can support early literacy skill development in children with hearing loss.MethodWe describe key findings from peer-reviewed research articles to provide a review of early literacy skill development, to explain the relationship between early literacy skills and conventional reading skills, and to highlight findings from early literacy skill intervention studies that included children with hearing loss who use spoken language. We conclude with a hypothetical case study to illustrate how audiologists and SLPs can support early literacy acquisition in children with hearing loss.ConclusionFindings from studies of young children with hearing loss suggest that a promising approach to improving reading outcomes is to provide explicit early literacy instruction and intervention.

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