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

dc.contributor.author	Timms, Lydia Jane
dc.contributor.supervisor	Prof. Stephanie Stokes
dc.contributor.supervisor	Assoc. Prof. Cori Williams
dc.date.accessioned	2017-01-30T09:50:20Z
dc.date.available	2017-01-30T09:50:20Z
dc.date.created	2015-12-16T00:30:55Z
dc.date.issued	2015
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/512
dc.description.abstract	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.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Curtin University
dc.title	The relationship between otitis media and literacy outcomes of urban indigenous Australian school children
dc.type	Thesis
dcterms.educationLevel	PhD
curtin.accessStatus	Open access
curtin.faculty	Faculty of Health Science