Assessing Literacy in Deaf Individuals Neurocognitive Measurement and Predictors /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Morere, Donna (Editor), Allen, Thomas (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Subjects: Psychology.; Speech pathology.; Applied linguistics.; Language and education.; Neuropsychology.; Child psychology.; School psychology.; Child and School Psychology.; Applied Linguistics.; Speech Pathology.; Language Education.

Humans’ development of literacy has been a recent focus of intense research across the reading, cognitive, and neuroscience fields. But for individuals who are deaf—who rely greatly on their visual skills for language and learning—the findings don’t necessarily apply, leaving theoretical and practic...