Auditory processing deficits in children with reading and language impairments: Can they (and should they) be treated?

Cognition

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 946-977

  McArthur, G M ^a   Ellis, D ^a   Atkinson, C M ^a   Coltheart, M ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Auditory processing; Reading; Specific language impairment; Specific reading disability; Speech processing; Spoken language; Training

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSONANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; GROUPS BY AGE; HEARING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; READING; SCORING SYSTEM; SKILL; SPEECH; SPELLING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TRAINING; VOWEL;

AUDITORY PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TEACHING;

EID: 42249104212     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2007.12.005     Document Type: Article

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