Journal of deaf studies and deaf education
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J Deaf Stud Deaf Educ · Jan 2020
Home Literacy Environment and Emergent Skills in Preschool Children With Hearing Loss.
Home literacy practices reported by parents of preschool children with hearing loss were compared to those reported by parents of their peers with typical hearing. Parents completed a questionnaire from Boudreau, D. (2005. Use of a parent questionnaire in emergent and early literacy assessment of preschool children. ⋯ The results suggest that parent facilitation of literacy alone is not correlated with emergent literacy scores; children must take an active role in their reading development. Children with hearing loss must be active participants during shared book reading. It is therefore essential to develop ways to actively engage children with hearing loss during reading activities.