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Hearing-Impaired Children: Learning to Read a Second Language
- American Annals of the Deaf
- Gallaudet University Press
- Volume 126, Number 7, October 1981
- pp. 810-813
- 10.1353/aad.2012.1303
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The paper discusses the poor reading achievement of hearing-impaired children. It identifies the two-way communication involved in the reading process and examines the linguistic competence of hearing-impaired children by tracing the language development of those born to deaf and hearing parents. It builds a case for defining and accepting American Sign Language as a separate and complete language from English. Implications for reading instruction are made based on research in bilingual education.