The effectiveness of Multi-sensory Education Strategies on Audio-Visual Speech Comprehension and Reading Performance in Female Students with Learning Disabilities

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Document Type : Research Article

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1 - Assistant Professor of Department of Counseling, Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences, Ardakan University, P.O. Box 184, Ardakan, Iran

2 . Master of school consulting , Ardakan University, Ardakan, Iran.

3 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences, Ardakan University, Ardakan, Iran.

10.22084/j.psychogy.2025.30130.2743

Abstract

Objective: The purpose of the current research was to investigating the effectiveness of multisensory education strategies on audio-visual speech comprehension and reading performance of students with learning disabilities.

Method: The method of this research is a semi-experimental with pre-test and post-test and with a control group. The statistical population of the research was all female first-year elementary school students with reading disorders in the elementary schools of Shahrekord city in the academic year of 1993-1993, of which 20 were selected by available sampling method and randomly replaced in two. Groups of 15 people (experimental and control). The participants responded to the subscales of forward and backward digit repetition and visual memory of the Wechsler working memory test (1945) and the standard questionnaire of the reading disorder scale of Shafiei et al. (2007). The experimental group received Fernald's multisensory training protocol in 8 90-minute sessions. The collected data were analyzed using multivariate of covariance.

Results: Data analysis with covariance analysis showed that multisensory education strategies have a significant effect on increasing audio-visual speech comprehension (P<0.01) and increasing reading performance (P<0.01).

Conclusion: According to the results, it can be said that multisensory education strategies have a facilitating role in improving the understanding of auditory and visual speech and are effective in improving the reading performance of students with learning disabilities.

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Journal of Cognitive Strategies in Learning

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Available Online from 04 August 2025

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