Are the literacy difficulties that characterize developmental dyslexia associated with a failure to integrate letters and speech sounds?
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Nash, Hannah, Gooch, Debbie, Hulme, Charles, Mahajan, Yatin, McArthur, Genevieve, Steinmetzger, Kurt and Snowling, Margaret J.. (2017). Are the literacy difficulties that characterize developmental dyslexia associated with a failure to integrate letters and speech sounds? Developmental Science. 20(4), pp. 1 - 16. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.12423
Authors | Nash, Hannah, Gooch, Debbie, Hulme, Charles, Mahajan, Yatin, McArthur, Genevieve, Steinmetzger, Kurt and Snowling, Margaret J. |
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Abstract | The ‘automatic letter-sound integration hypothesis’ (Blomert,) proposes that dyslexia results from a failure to fully integrate letters and speech sounds into automated audio-visual objects. We tested this hypothesis in a sample of English-speaking children with dyslexic difficulties (N = 13) and samples of chronological-age-matched (CA; N = 17) and reading-age-matched controls (RA; N = 17) aged 7–13 years. Each child took part in two priming experiments in which speech sounds were preceded by congruent visual letters (congruent condition) or Greek letters(baseline). In a behavioural experiment, responses to speech sounds in the two conditions were compared using reaction times. These data revealed faster reaction times in the congruent condition in all three groups. In a second electrophysiological experiment, responses to speech sounds in the two conditions were compared using event-related potentials (ERPs). These data revealed asignificant effect of congruency on (1) the P1 ERP over left frontal electrodes in the CA group and over fronto-central electrodes in the dyslexic group and (2) the P2 ERP in the dyslexic and RA control groups. These findings suggest that our sample of English-speaking children with dyslexic difficulties demonstrate a degree of letter-sound integration that is appropriate for their reading level, which challenges the letter-sound integration hypothesis. |
Keywords | dyslexia; letter-sound integration |
Year | 2017 |
Journal | Developmental Science |
Journal citation | 20 (4), pp. 1 - 16 |
Publisher | Blackwell Publishing Ltd |
ISSN | 1363-755X |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.12423 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-84982834050 |
Open access | Open access |
Page range | 1 - 16 |
Research Group | Institute for Learning Sciences and Teacher Education (ILSTE) |
Publisher's version | License |
Place of publication | United Kingdom |
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