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Re: Note for Michael Ridenhour

>
>On the question of language: I think it was clear that I was talking
>about normal speaking/reading language. The simple fact is that this
>is the dominant form of communication in the society and the economy
>and anyone who cannot communicate in this way is in serious trouble.
>That is why I was so saddened to learn that most children born deaf
>may also be condemned to illiteracy. It has long been possible to
>teach Deaf children to speak and read but it expensive and society,
>generally, may not have been willing to provide the necessary
>institutions/resources.
>
>I might insert here the comment that I have failed totally to locate
>any figure for the proportion of children born, or pre-lingually Deaf
>who learn to read (I trust it is clear I am talking about reading
>printed/written language).
>
From http://gri.gallaudet.edu/Literacy/

"For the 17-year-olds and the 18-year-olds in the deaf and hard of
hearing student norming sample, the median Reading Comprehension
subtest score corresponds to about a 4.0 grade level for hearing
students. That means that half of the deaf and hard of hearing
students at that age scored above the typical hearing student at the
beginning of fourth grade, and half scored below. The "median" is the
50th percentile, and is one of the ways to express an average, or
typical, score. (A "mean" score, or arithmetic average, is not the
same as the median.)"

Pathetic!

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