Auditory processing, speech perception and phonological ability in pre-school children at high-risk for dyslexia: A longitudinal study of the auditory temporal processing theory

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1608-1620

  Boets, Bart ^a   Wouters, Jan ^a   van Wieringen, Astrid ^a   Ghesquière, Pol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Phonology; Pre schoolers; Rapid auditory processing; Reading impairment; Speech perception

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROBIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PHONETICS; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; TIME PERCEPTION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33847765397     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2007.01.009     Document Type: Article

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