reading abilities of deaf children

Reading abilities of deaf children

(still haven't figured out how to close caption videos myself)

Recently the topic came up about how some studies (believed to be

dated)show that deaf people even in high school are not beyond about a

fourth grade reading level. Well, some of us don't agree! This book he

is not familiar with and has little trouble reading it. It's on a 4-8

year old level, meaning a 4 yr old could understand it and an 8 yr old

could read it independently. You'll see he's only six and does very

well for his first independent reading of it. There is a difference in

learning to read and reading to learn. This transition usually takes

place by fourth grade where kids have to learn to comprehend and

actually acquire and retain knowledge from what they are reading.