Children aged 4-5 with phonological impairment learn new words equally well as their typically developing peers, bringing into question the very nature of the underlying representations that are thought to be altered in phonological impairment.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1460-6984.12967
What is already known on the subject Children with SSD are at heightened risk of reading difficulties, particularly if their SSD persists into school age. However, not all children with SSD experience reading problems. Research aimed at determining which children are at the highest risk is mixed as …
@ClaireBoilley Wow, this is fascinating. Thank you for sharing these studies. I had not come across these findings yet. I've heard a lot about the "phonological deficit" hypothesis but not these dimensions.
It also makes me wonder about the correlation that has been found between word-level reading disorders and DLD, such as here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30458538/
We discuss 3 clinical implications for working with children with dyslexia in school settings: (a) Children with dyslexia-with and without comorbid DLDs-often have language deficits outside the phonological domain; (b) intervention should target a child's strengths and weaknesses relative to reading …
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