Variation in second-grade reading in children who are deaf and hard-of-hearing.

We investigated relations between kindergarten precursors and second-grade reading skills in deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) children, and aimed to identify subgroups based on reading skills, in order to explore early signs of later reading delays. DHH children (n = 23, Mage kindergarten = 6.25) participated from kindergarten-second grade.

Predicting variation in word decoding development in deaf and hard-of-hearing children.

Background: Deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) children may experience difficulties in word decoding development.

Aims: We aimed to compare and predict the incremental word decoding development in first grade in Dutch DHH and hearing children, as a function of kindergarten reading precursors.

Methods And Procedures: In this study, 25 DHH, and 41 hearing children participated.

Predicting Early Literacy: Auditory and Visual Speech Decoding in Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children.

The current study investigated the relative contributions of auditory speech decoding (i.e., auditory discrimination) and visual speech decoding (i.

Structure and Grammaticalization of Serial Verb Constructions in Sign Language of the Netherlands-A Corpus-Based Study.

In serial verb constructions (SVCs), multiple independent lexical verbs are combined in a mono-clausal construction. SVCs express a range of grammatical meanings and are attested in numerous spoken languages all around the world. Yet, to date only few studies have investigated the existence and functions of SVCs in sign languages.