back to Background Publications   Lederberg, A. R., Miller, E. M., Easterbrooks, S. R., & Connor, C. M. (2014). Foundations for Literacy: An early literacy intervention for deaf and hard-of-hearing children. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 19(4), 438-455. doi: 10.1093/deafed/enu022 The present study evaluated the efficacy of a new preschool early literacy intervention […]

back to Background Publications   Miller, E. M.., Lederberg, A.R., & Easterbrooks, S. R. (2012). Phonological Awareness: Explicit Instruction of Young Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education. First published online January 9, 2013 doi:10.1093/deafed/ens067 The goal of this study was to explore the development of spoken phonological awareness for deaf […]

back to Background Publications   Lederberg, A., Schick, B., & Spencer, P. (2012). Language and literacy development of deaf and hard-of-hearing children: Successes and challenges. Developmental Psychology, 40(1), 16-30. Childhood hearing loss presents challenges to language development, especially spoken language. In this article, we review existing literature on deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) children’s patterns and […]

back to Background Publications   Easterbrooks, S. R., Lederberg, A. R., Miller, E. M., Bergeron, J. P., & Connor, C. M. (2008). Emergent literacy skills during early childhood in children with hearing loss: Strengths and weaknesses, Volta Review, 108(2), 91-114. The difficulties for students with hearing loss in gaining proficient literacy skills are well documented. […]

back to Background Publications   Cannon, J., Easterbrooks, S., & Fredrick, L. (2010). Vocabulary acquisition through books in ASL by student with hearing loss from non-English speaking homes. Communication Disorders Quarterly, 31(2), 98-112. Reading to children improves vocabulary acquisition through incidental exposure, and it is a best practice for parents and teachers of children who […]

back to Background Publications   Cannon, J.E., Easterbrooks, S.R., Gagne, P., & Beal-Alvarez, J. (2011). Improving DHH students’ grammar through an individualized software program. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 16(4), 437-457. doi: 10.1093/deafed/enr023 Study goal: Examine if the frequent use of a computer software grammar instruction program would influence comprehension of grammar in […]

back to Background Publications   Cannon, J. E., Easterbrooks, S. R., Gagne, P., & Beal-Alvarez, J. (2011). Improving DHH students’ grammar through an individualized software program. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 16(4):437-57. The purpose of this study was to determine if the frequent use of a targeted, computer software grammar instruction program, used […]

back to Background Publications   Bergeron, J.P., Lederberg, A., Easterbrooks, S., Miller, E., & Connor, C. (2009). Building the alphabetic principle in deaf emergent readers. Volta Review, 109(2), 91-114. Acquisition of phoneme-grapheme correspondences, a key concept of the alphabetic principle, was examined in young children who are deaf or hard of hearing (DHH) using a […]

back to Background Publications   Beal-Alvarez, J., Lederberg, A., & Easterbrooks, S. (2012). Grapheme phoneme acquisition of deaf preschoolers. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 17(1), 39-60. We examined acquisition of grapheme–phoneme correspondences by 4 deaf and hard-of-hearing preschoolers using instruction from a curriculum designed specifically for this population supplemented by Visual Phonics. Learning […]