The Possibility of Auditory and Visual Memory Factors in predicting Language Learning skill through Lip-Reading among Hearing-Impaired Students.

The current research attempts to reveal the Possibility of Auditory and Visual Memory Factors represented in (oral word recall, sound discrimination, Picture -word association, and sentences recall) in predicting language learning skill through lips (total score), The sample consisted of 62 students (males and females) from Sohag, aged between 11 and 12 years, with a mean age of 11.5 years. Participants were divided into two groups: the first group include 32 deaf students with hearing loss ranging from 80 to 90 decibels, while the second group include 30 students with moderate hearing impairment ranging between 40 and 50 decibels. The study included the Cognitive Battery of Auditory and Visual Memory Factors prepared by (French. J. W., & Harman, H.H) and and the Lip-Reading Skill Test prepared by the researcher. The study reached the following results:
The presence of significant correlations between auditory and visual memory factors and the dimensions of oral reading skill, which include word naming, word spelling, recognition of synonyms and antonyms, and comprehension and expression of texts within the total sample. Moreover, statistically significant differences were found at the 0.01 level between the deaf and hard-of-hearing groups in oral word recall, sound discrimination, and sentences recall, favouring the hard-of-hearing group. However, no significant differences were detected between the groups concerning the factors of synonym-antonym recognition, word spelling, or picture-word association.
 The tendency toward Lip-reading tendency = 47.65 + 1.229 × (Word Recall) + 0.663 × (Sound Discrimination) + 0.814 × (Picture-Word Association) + 0.345 × (Sentences Recall).