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30th APS Annual Convention · 2018

Rapid Automatized Naming (RAN) Speed Does Not Predict Reading in Deaf Readers: Implications for Theoretical Accounts of RAN

San Francisco, CA · May 2018

Poster · Developmental

  • Diana Andriola
    Visual Language and Visual Learning (VL2) NSF Science of Learning Center
  • Diana Andriola
    Gallaudet University
  • Palatino Wendy
    Visual Language and Visual Learning (VL2) NSF Science of Learning Center
  • Palatino Wendy
    California State University Northridge
  • Thomas Allen
    Visual Language and Visual Learning (VL2) NSF Science of Learning Center
  • Thomas Allen
    Gallaudet University

Abstract

We examined rapid automatized naming speed (RAN) in deaf 5-year-old children to test whether signed or spoken language RAN predicts reading comprehension. Signing children had faster RAN, but RAN did not predict reading. Findings are discussed relative to two theories of RAN.

Language/Speech

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