Recently added articles from Annals of Dyslexia:
Dyslexia speed problems in a transparent orthography
Jun 01, 2008; ... Abstract This study was intended to help clarify the nature of dyslexia in Spanish. A sample of 30 children, 8 to 16 years old, participated in this study. Dyslexic children were compared to two control groups, a chronological age-matched control group and a reading level-matched control ...
Training reading fluency: is it important to practice reading aloud and is generalization possible?
Jun 01, 2008; ... Abstract Outcomes of three different types of computerized training in sub-lexical items (word-initial consonant clusters) on reading speed for 39 German-speaking poor readers in Grades 2 and 3 were evaluated. A phonological-orthographic association group, a reading aloud group, and a ...
Development and validation of a reading-related assessment battery in Malay for the purpose of dyslexia assessment
Jun 01, 2008; ... Abstract Malay is an alphabetic language with transparent orthography. A Malay reading-related assessment battery which was conceptualised based on the International Dyslexia Association definition of dyslexia was developed and validated for the purpose of dyslexia assessment. The ...
The role of visual and auditory temporal processing for Chinese children with developmental dyslexia
Jun 01, 2008; ... Abstract This study examined temporal processing in relation to Chinese reading acquisition and impairment. The performances of 26 Chinese primary school children with developmental dyslexia on tasks of visual and auditory temporal order judgement, rapid naming, visual-orthographic ...
Differentiating the neural response to intervention in children with developmental dyslexia
Jun 01, 2008; ... Abstract Developmental dyslexia is associated with functional abnormalities within reading areas of the brain. For some children diagnosed with dyslexia, phonologically based remediation programs appear to rehabilitate brain function in key reading areas (Shaywitz et al., Biological ...