Title: Unveiling The “Curse Of Hearing”: How Hearing Abilities Can Impair Literacy Development
The “curse of hearing” is a paradox in which the ability to hear can hinder literacy development in certain contexts. This occurs when phonemic awareness, the ability to recognize and manipulate the individual sounds in spoken words, is compromised. Without phonemic awareness, learners struggle to grasp the relationship between sounds and letters, making it difficult to decode and comprehend written text.