Reading attainment and reading strategies in deaf adolescents with a cochlear implant
Lead Research Organisation:
Oxford Brookes University
Department Name: Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
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Organisations
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ORCID iD |
| Margaret Harris (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Harris M
(2015)
The Impact of New Technologies on the Literacy Attainment of Deaf Children
in Topics in Language Disorders
Harris M
(2011)
Reading and spelling abilities of deaf adolescents with cochlear implants and hearing AIDS.
in Journal of deaf studies and deaf education
Harris, M
(2016)
The Oxford Handbook of Deaf Studies in Language
| Description | The most important finding from this research was that deaf children in secondary school who had received a cochlear implant were not reading at a higher level than similar pupils who were using traditional hearing aids. This was one of the first studies to highlight the continuing difficulties with literacy that were evident in children with a cochlear implant and it paved the way for the subsequent study by the PI and Dr Emmanouela Terlektsi that showed the literacy problems evident in primary school children. |
| Exploitation Route | This study highlighted the need for structured ongoing support for literacy for deaf children, including those with a cochlear implant. It was one strand of evidence that fed into the development of 'Foundations for Literacy', a highly structured curriculum for teaching deaf children to read using a phonological approach. |
| Sectors | Education |
| Description | The evidence that this research provided of the continuing problems with literacy that deaf children encounter contributed to the development of a specific curriculum for teaching deaf children to read. The journal article that we published has had 143 citations, many from experts on deaf education. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2011 |
| Impact Types | Policy & public services |
| Description | Conference for teachers of the deaf and language and speech therapists organised by the Ear Foundation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 100 teachers of the deaf and specialist speech and language therapists attended a conference to update them on the the latest literacy outcomes following cochlear implantation. Speakers were national and international. I spoke about the findings of two ESRC-funded projects and the implications for support day children's literacy. At the request of the audience, a list of relevant publications was circulated to delegates so that they could read more about the research that I reported. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Hallpike Symposium |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited presentation to British Association of Audiovestibular Physicians highlighting the problems that deaf children face in learning to read. Discussion following talk raised issues about the extent to which aided hearing loss can account for individual differences in outcome. I was invited to give another talk to a smiler group to raise awareness among medics of the continuing problems for literacy for deaf children. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |