Investigation of Early Literacy Skills in Preschool Children With Deaf and Hard of Hearing: Early Literacy Skills in Children With Deaf and Hard of Hearing

Pelin Piştav Akmeşe; Destina Sezgin; Fatih Öğüt

Vol. 12 No. 2 (2019) IEJEE

Investigation of Early Literacy Skills in Preschool Children With Deaf and Hard of Hearing: Early Literacy Skills in Children With Deaf and Hard of Hearing

Pelin Piştav Akmeşe
Destina Sezgin
Fatih Öğüt

Published December 29, 2019 | Pages: 137-143 | Views: 710

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Abstract

In this study, it is aimed to compare the early literacy skills of children with cochlear implants with 60-72 months of preschool and / or special education to the results of children with normal hearing. For this purpose, the following questions were sought. In this study, “Demographic Form” containing the general information of volunteer families and children was included in the study and Early Literacy Test-EROT was applied to evaluate the early literacy skills of children. As a result, word knowledge between two groups, receptive and expressive language, general naming, knowledge of function scores were statistically different; in the phonological awareness sub-tests, the difference between separating the word into syllable, combining syllables, eliminating the first sound of words results with cochlear implants were statistically significant between two groups. However, there was no statistically significant difference between groups in terms of rhyme awareness, matching the first sound of words, matching the last sound of words, separating the sentence into words, eliminating the last voice of words and total phonological awareness scores; moreover, it was found that CI users had lower scores in the knowledge of letter, listening comprehension subtests and EROT total scores, and the difference between the groups was significant.

<p>In this study, it is aimed to compare the early literacy skills of children with cochlear implants with 60-72 months of preschool and / or special education to the results of children with normal hearing. For this purpose, the following questions were sought. In this study, “Demographic Form” containing the general information of volunteer families and children was included in the study and Early Literacy Test-EROT was applied to evaluate the early literacy skills of children. As a result, word knowledge between two groups, receptive and expressive language, general naming, knowledge of function scores were statistically different; in the phonological awareness sub-tests, the difference between separating the word into syllable, combining syllables, eliminating the first sound of words results with cochlear implants were statistically significant between two groups. However, there was no statistically significant difference between groups in terms of rhyme awareness, matching the first sound of words, matching the last sound of words, separating the sentence into words, eliminating the last voice of words and total phonological awareness scores; moreover, it was found that CI users had lower scores in the knowledge of letter, listening comprehension subtests and EROT total scores, and the difference between the groups was significant.</p>

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Keywords

Cochlear Implant, Hearing Loss, Deaf, Early Literacy, Preschool Children

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Pelin Piştav Akmeşe

Department of Special Education, Faculty of Education, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey

Destina Sezgin

IKEM Isik Private Education and Rehabilitation Center, Izmir, Turkey

Fatih Öğüt

Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey

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Akmeşe, P. P., Sezgin, D., & Öğüt, F. (2019). Investigation of Early Literacy Skills in Preschool Children With Deaf and Hard of Hearing: Early Literacy Skills in Children With Deaf and Hard of Hearing. International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 12(2), 137–143. Retrieved from https://iejee.com/index.php/IEJEE/article/view/916

Author Biography

Destina Sezgin

IKEM (Ikem Isik Private Education and Rehabilitation Center) Istanbul, Turkey

Fatih Öğüt

Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Ege University, Bornova, Izmir 35040 Turkey