Visual and Auditory Processing Impairments in Subtypes of Developmental Dyslexia: A Discussion

Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 145-156

  McAnally, Ken I ^a,b   Castles, Anne ^b   Stuart, Geoffrey W ^b,c  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Auditory processing; Dyslexia subtypes; Temporal processing; Visual processing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034386611     PISSN: 1056263X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009459622805     Document Type: Article

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