DOI: 10.36347/sjahss.2018.v06i05.013

Pages: 1098-1103

Deaf children are believed to have low reading comprehension. This is due to several factors. The results of verbal IQ tests are believed to be a strong predictor for exploring reading comprehension skills of children with hearing impairment. This study is a case study using quantitative and qualitative analysis to find out how verbal IQ can be a predictor of deaf children’s’ reading comprehension skills. This research was conducted at middle School special education of SMPLB-B YRTRW of Surakarta, Indonesia involving 4 subjects of hearing impaired children range between 17-18 years old. The data of the research were comprehension and IQ test score. IQ tests were administered using the WISC-R scale and conducted by Bureau of Psychology Consultation and Services (BKPP) team from Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta. The results show that IQ verbal has significant correlation with reading comprehension achievement in deaf children. This is due to the ability of test to give comprehensive description of deaf children’s language acquisition.