Language skills, but not frequency discrimination, predict reading skills in children at risk of dyslexia
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Snowling, Margaret J., Gooch, Debbie, McArthur, Genevieve and Hulme, Charles. (2018). Language skills, but not frequency discrimination, predict reading skills in children at risk of dyslexia. Psychological Science. 29(8), pp. 1270 - 1282. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797618763090
Authors | Snowling, Margaret J., Gooch, Debbie, McArthur, Genevieve and Hulme, Charles |
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Abstract | This study evaluated the claim that auditory processing deficits are a cause of reading and language difficulties. We report a longitudinal study of 245 children at family risk of dyslexia, children with preschool language impairments, and control children. Children with language impairments had poorer frequency-discrimination thresholds than controls at 5.5 years, but children at family risk of dyslexia did not. A model assessing longitudinal relationships among frequency discrimination, reading, language, and executive function skills showed that frequency discrimination was predicted by executive skills but was not a longitudinal predictor of reading or language skills. Our findings contradict the hypothesis that frequency discrimination is causally related to dyslexia or language impairment and suggest that individuals at risk for dyslexia or who have language impairments may perform poorly on auditory processing tasks because of comorbid attentional difficulties. |
Year | 2018 |
Journal | Psychological Science |
Journal citation | 29 (8), pp. 1270 - 1282 |
Publisher | Sage Publications Ltd. |
ISSN | 0956-7976 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797618763090 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-85047428766 |
Page range | 1270 - 1282 |
Research Group | Institute for Learning Sciences and Teacher Education (ILSTE) |
Publisher's version | File Access Level Controlled |
Place of publication | United States |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/8808x/language-skills-but-not-frequency-discrimination-predict-reading-skills-in-children-at-risk-of-dyslexia
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