Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education 5:1 2000
© 2000 Oxford University Press
Reading Optimally Builds on Spoken Language: Implications for Deaf Readers
Learning Research and Development Center University of Pittsburgh
Reading is not merely "language by eye." Rather, it builds fundamentally on primary language processes. For hearing readers, this means that spoken language processes, including phonological processes, are critical to high achievement in reading. We examine the implications of this fact for deaf readers by considering the relationship between language and reading and by reviewing the research on the use of phonology by deaf readers. The research, although mixed in its results, suggests that the use of phonology is associated with higher levels of reading skill among deaf readers. We examine related questions, including the additional semantic and visual strategies available to deaf readers, how some deaf readers gain access to the spoken structure of language, and implications for how to improve reading achievement.
Correspondence should be sent to Charles A. Perfetti, University of Pittsburgh, 640 Learning, Research and Development Center, 3939 O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15260.
Received April 23, 1999; revised July 7, 1999; accepted July 23, 1999
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