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The Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education 2007 12(3):283-302; doi:10.1093/deafed/enm017
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Reading Comprehension of Deaf Children With Cochlear Implants

Anneke M. Vermeulen, Wim van Bon and Rob Schreuder

Radboud University Nijmegen

Harry Knoors

Diagnostic Centre Viataal
Radboud University Nijmegen

Ad Snik

Radboud University Nijmegen


  Abstract

The reading comprehension and visual word recognition in 50 deaf children and adolescents with at least 3 years of cochlear implant (CI) use were evaluated. Their skills were contrasted with reference data of 500 deaf children without CIs. The reading comprehension level in children with CIs was expected to surpass that in deaf children without implants, partly via improved visual word recognition. Reading comprehension scores of children with implants were significantly better than those of deaf children without implants, although the performance in implant users was substantially lagging behind that in hearing children. Visual word recognition was better in children with CIs than in children without implants, in secondary education only. No difference in visual word recognition was found between the children with CIs and the hearing children, whereas the deaf children without implants showed a slightly poorer performance. The difference in reading comprehension performance of the deaf children with and without CIs remained present when visual word recognition was controlled for. This indicates that other reading-related skills were also contributing to the improved reading comprehension skills of deaf children with CIs.

Correspondence should be sent to Anneke M. Vermeulen, ENT Department, University Medical Hospital St. Radboud, Radboud University, KNO huispost 377, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands (e-mail: am.vermeulen{at}kno.umcn.nl).

Received October 14, 2006; revised March 25, 2007; accepted March 26, 2007


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