The dyslexia spectrum: Continuities between reading, speech, and language impairments

Topics in Language Disorders

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 110-126

  Snowling, Margaret J ^a   Hayiou Thomas, Marianna E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dyslexia; Language impairment; Phonological skills; Reading; Reading disability

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745383212     PISSN: 02718294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00011363-200604000-00004     Document Type: Article

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