Appendix: Additional Resources
This section provides a list of more recent research on emergent literacy of preschool deaf and hearing-impaired children.
This section provides a list of more recent research on emergent literacy of preschool deaf and hearing-impaired children.
Allen, T.E., Letteri, A., Choi, S.H., & Dang, D. (2014). Early visual language exposure and emergent literacy in preschool deaf children: Findings from a national longitudinal study. American Annals of the Deaf, 159(4), 346-358.
Arfé, B., D'Ambrosio, S., & Malfa, S. L. (2009). How hearing and hearing-impaired children differentiate emergent writing from drawing. Educational Studies in Language and Literature, 10(1), 5–21.
Cook, J., & Harrison, M. (2013). Private sign & literacy development in preschoolers with hearing loss. Sign Language Studies, 88, 201 - 226.
DesJardin, J. L., & Ambrose, S. E. (2010). The importance of the home literacy environment for developing literacy skills in young children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Young Exceptional Children, 13(5), 28-44.
DesJardin, JL, Stika, CJ, Eisenberg, LS, Johnson, KC, Ganguly, DH, & Henning, SC. (2023). Home literacy experiences and shared reading practices: Preschoolers with hearing loss. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 28(2), 189-200.
Dirks, E., & Wauters, L. (2015). Enhancing emergent literacy in preschool deaf and hard-of-hearing children through interactive reading. In H. Knoors & M. Marschark (Eds.), Educating Deaf Learners: Creating a Global Evidence Base (pp. 415–441). Oxford University Press.
Dirks, E., & Wauters, L. (2018). It takes two to tead: Interactive reading with young deaf and hard-of-hearing children. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 23(3), 261–270.
Easterbrooks, S.R., Lederberg, A.R., & Connor, C.M. (2010). Contributions of the emergent literacy environment to literacy outcomes for young children who are deaf. American Annals of the Deaf, 155(4), 467-480.
Golos, D. (2010). Literacy behaviors of deaf preschoolers during video viewing. Sign Language Studies, 11(1), 76-99.
Kristoffersen, A. E., & Simonsen, E. (2016). Communities of practice: Literacy and deaf children. Deafness & Education International, 18(3), 141–150.
Mayer, C. (2007). What really matters in the early literacy development of deaf children. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 12(4), 411-31 .
Mayer, C., & Trezek, B. J. (2015). Early Literacy Development in Deaf Children. Oxford University Press.
Reynolds, G, & Werfel, KL. (2020). Home literacy environment and emergent skills in preschool children with hearing loss. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 25(1). 68-79.
Schirmer, B. R. (1994). Language and Literacy Development in Children Who are Deaf. Macmillan Publishing Co.
Wauters, L., & Dirks, E. (2017). Interactive reading with young deaf and hard-of-hearing children in ebooks versus print books, Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 22(2), 243–252.
Williams, C. (1994). The language and literacy worlds of three profoundly deaf preschool children. Reading Research Quarterly, 29, 124-155.
Williams, C. (1999). Preschool deaf children's use of signed language during writing events. Journal of Literacy Research, 31, 183 - 212.
Williams, C. (2004). Emergent literacy of deaf children. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 9(4), 352-65.
Williams, C., & Mayer, C. (2015). Writing in young deaf children. Review of Educational Research, 85, 630 - 666.