Graduate Program
Communication Disorders and Sciences
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Semester of Degree Completion
2007
Thesis Director
Rebecca Throneburg
Thesis Committee Member
Gail Richard
Thesis Committee Member
Lynn Calvert
Abstract
The purpose of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of SPELL-Links to Reading and Writing, a language-based instructional spelling program, with two hard-of-hearing children. Spelling skills were evaluated using the Spelling Performance Evaluation for Language (SPELL), Wide Range Achievement Test (WRAT), and Featured Inventories. The participants included two hard-of-hearing children with mild hearing loss. Spelling intervention targeted four spelling patterns (short u, ck, ch/tch, and ng). The results showed that one child benefited from the SPELL-Links to Reading and Writing by the improvement across all four patterns, while the other child showed improvement in only two of the patterns.
Recommended Citation
Yakey, Brittney L., "Language-Based Spelling Instruction For Children Who Are Hard-Of-Hearing" (2007). Masters Theses. 89.
https://thekeep.eiu.edu/theses/89
