title: Reading comprehension of deaf students in regular education.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate and compare the reading comprehension of deaf students included in regular classrooms of public schools with and without specialized educational support.
  
  
  METHODS
  Observational analytic study with 35 students with sensorineural hearing loss, with and without educational support. All subjects were assessed with the Word Reading Competence Test (WRCT), the Picture-Print Matching Test by Choice (PPMT-C), and the Sentence Reading Comprehension Test (SRCT).
  
  
  RESULTS
  In the tests regarding comprehension of words (WRCT and PPMT-C), the results showed no difference in the performance of deaf students who attend and do not attend educational support. Regarding reading comprehension of sentences, the application of the SRCT also did not show differences between the groups of deaf students. A significant correlation was found between age and grade, indicating that the older the students and the higher their educational level, the better their performance in reading sentences. The results indicate that deaf students, regardless of attending educational support, read words better than sentences.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There is no difference in reading comprehension between deaf students who receive and do not receive specialized pedagogical monitoring.
authors.affiliation: Graduate Program (Master's degree) in Communication Disorders, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. marcialuccas@gmail.com
authors.forename: Marcia Regina Zemella
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Luccas
authors.forename: Brasília Maria
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Chiari
authors.forename: Bárbara Niegia Garcia de
authors.initials: BN
authors.lastname: Goulart
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D032882:Comprehension; D003638:Deafness / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D060345:Education of Persons with Hearing Disabilities; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000379:methods; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007807:Language Tests; D008282:Mainstreaming, Education; D008297:Male; D011932:Reading; D012720:Severity of Illness Index