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Role of Early Education in reading Ability of Deaf Students

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Reading is a very complex process which includes cognitive process. Readingis intilized by visual analysis and letter transformation into vocabulary form, word identification by letter sound difficulties in acquiring language information via hearing process thus inhibits a successful conversation process. To determine the role of early education in deaf students to reading ability. A cross sectional design was performed from September until December 2007. This study compared deaf students, younger than 6 years old, who received early compared deaf students, younger than old, who recelved early education in special education schools B (group 1), with deaf children aged 6 years old, who received early education in special education schools B (group 1), with deaf children aged 6 yers old and older who received education in special education school B/ conventional educational method (group II). There was 22 deaf children in group 1 and 24 in group II. The measured variables included age, age of school enrollment, duration of studes, degree of deafness, sex, and parental education of sturies, degree of deafness, sex, and parental educational level. Logistic regression analysis showed that the variables which significantly contributed to reading skills were the early education and duration of study. In early education group, the children had significantly better reading ability (p=0.02; OR=19.95; 95% CI 1,939 to 53.62), besides duration of study (p=0.01; OR=70,7554; 95% CI 6.267 to 798.75), compared to conventional education. Compared to those who receive education in special education. Compared to those who recive education in special education school B with a conventional education method, deaf students schools B have better reading ability significantly. Duration of study also contribute significantly to reading skill.

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Paediatrica Indonesiana:49(4):189-194

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Jakarta : Indonesia Pediatric Society., 2009

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English

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0030-9311

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STUDENTS
HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS
APTITUDE

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