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Deaf Literacy Special

Episode 6 of 15

Magazine. Clive Mason and Heidi Koivisto Robertson investigate why deaf children are falling behind their hearing counterparts in reading and writing.

Clive Mason and Heidi Koivisto Robertson investigate why deaf children are falling behind their hearing counterparts in reading and writing. They explore what approaches to teaching are most suitable for deaf children. Does teaching speech reading from an early age help? Or is it best to learn signing and writing at the same time? And what about cued speech?

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RoleContributor
PresenterClive Mason
PresenterHeidi Koivisto Robertson
DirectorCathy Heffernan
Series ProducerWilliam Mager
Executive ProducerRoger Farrant

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