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ArticleJournal of deaf studies and deaf education2025

Morphological awareness and reading skill for deaf and hearing adults.

Emily Saunders, Haley Helms, Karen Emmorey

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Emily SaundersJoint Doctoral Program in Language and Communicative Disorders, San Diego State University/ University of California, San Diego, 5500 Campanile Dr, San Diego CA 92182, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-3137-1552
Haley HelmsSchool of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Dr, San Diego, CA 92182, United States.
Karen EmmoreySchool of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Dr, San Diego, CA 92182, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-5647-0066

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National Science Foundation BCS-2120507National Science Foundation BCS-2120546
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Both deaf and hearing readers use morphological awareness skills to decode and comprehend printed English. Deaf readers, for whom phonological awareness is a relative weakness while orthographic sensitivity is a strength, may have a different relationship with morphology than similarly skilled hearing readers. This study investigated the impact of various reading sub-skills-spelling, vocabulary size, morphological awareness, and phonological awareness-on reading comprehension for deaf and hearing adult readers. Morphological awareness had a stronger relationship with reading comprehension for deaf than hearing readers, particularly for deaf readers with advanced morphological skills. Morphology and vocabulary were also more strongly related for the deaf group, indicating that deaf readers leverage morphology to expand their word knowledge. Overall, the findings highlight the unique and significant role of morphological awareness in the skilled deaf reader's "toolbox" and underscore the importance of morphological instruction in supporting the reading development of deaf individuals.

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AwarenessDeafnessPersons with Hearing DisabilitiesReadingAdultComprehensionFemaleHumansMalePhoneticsVocabularyYoung Adult

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PMID40580549
PMCPMC12723586

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