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Computerized speechreading training improved speechreading skills in young hearing children. While phonological awareness and reading did not significantly improve, this visual speech training may benefit children at risk for reading difficulties.

Keywords:

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Area of Science:

Speech perception and language development
Child psychology and education

Background:

Visual speech information enhances speech perception.
Speechreading ability in children correlates with phonological and reading skills.
Understanding visual speech benefits both deaf and hearing children.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate if speechreading training improves speechreading, phoneme blending, and reading in hearing children.
To assess the immediate and long-term effects of computerized speechreading training.

Main Methods:

Ninety-two 4- to 5-year-old hearing children were randomized into a control group or an intervention group.
The intervention group received three weeks of computerized speechreading training.
Speechreading, phonological awareness, and reading abilities were assessed post-training and at 3-month follow-up.

Main Results:

The intervention group demonstrated significant improvements in speechreading compared to controls, both immediately and at 3 months.
Improvements were observed for both trained and untrained words.
No significant group differences were found in phonological awareness or single-word reading, though some blending improvements occurred.

Conclusions:

Brief computerized speechreading training effectively enhances speechreading skills in hearing children.
The findings suggest a potential benefit of visual speech focus for phonological skills, particularly in hearing children at risk for reading difficulties.
Further research is warranted to explore the link between visual speech training and phonological development in at-risk children.