The relationship between otitis media and literacy outcomes of urban indigenous Australian school children

The literacy skills of 57 Indigenous Australian early-school students in Perth were compared by their ear health status where hearing loss (HL) and otitis media (OM) (highly prevalent in the population) was tested up to five times in the year prior to the culturally modified literacy assessment. No...

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Main Author: Timms, Lydia Jane
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Curtin University 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/512
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description The literacy skills of 57 Indigenous Australian early-school students in Perth were compared by their ear health status where hearing loss (HL) and otitis media (OM) (highly prevalent in the population) was tested up to five times in the year prior to the culturally modified literacy assessment. No significant differences were found. The students showed overall improvement on all outcomes following a 15 hour targeted phonological awareness intervention. No differences in improvement were shown between the children with and without OM/HL.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-5122018-12-18T08:30:55Z The relationship between otitis media and literacy outcomes of urban indigenous Australian school children Timms, Lydia Jane The literacy skills of 57 Indigenous Australian early-school students in Perth were compared by their ear health status where hearing loss (HL) and otitis media (OM) (highly prevalent in the population) was tested up to five times in the year prior to the culturally modified literacy assessment. No significant differences were found. The students showed overall improvement on all outcomes following a 15 hour targeted phonological awareness intervention. No differences in improvement were shown between the children with and without OM/HL. 2015 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/512 en Curtin University fulltext
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The relationship between otitis media and literacy outcomes of urban indigenous Australian school children
title The relationship between otitis media and literacy outcomes of urban indigenous Australian school children
title_full The relationship between otitis media and literacy outcomes of urban indigenous Australian school children
title_fullStr The relationship between otitis media and literacy outcomes of urban indigenous Australian school children
title_full_unstemmed The relationship between otitis media and literacy outcomes of urban indigenous Australian school children
title_short The relationship between otitis media and literacy outcomes of urban indigenous Australian school children
title_sort relationship between otitis media and literacy outcomes of urban indigenous australian school children
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/512