Monolingual French-speaking children were recruited from seven Grade 3 classrooms in three
schools where the language of instruction was French. The schools were located in a large city and
an adjacent town in the province of Québec, Canada. Québec is the only Canadian province where
French is the majority language. Of the 72 monolingual French-speaking children recruited, 71 had
normal hearing and one had a hearing problem according to parent reports.