Reading fluency in deaf children whose primary mode of communication is visual, whether signed English or American Sign Language, is difficult to measure since most measures of fluency require a child to read aloud. This article opens the discussion of a new construct, namely, signed reading fluency (i.e., rendering of printed text in a visually fluent manner) in children with hearing loss whose primary means of expressive language includes some form of sign.
The Signed Reading Fluency of Students Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
