Keyword: «deaf-and-dumb pedagogue»

The article reports low ability of schoolchildren with impaired hearing to understand the content of texts. The author describes results of the study with the use of two diagnostic tasks. It is noted, that children do not perceive the text as a whole. Hearing impaired schoolchildren try to find familiar words and expressions in given stories, remember them and ensure subsequent accurate reproduction. It is most difficult for children to establish inconsistencies between parts of the deformed text, and its subsequent restoration.