Auditory temporal processing, phonological awareness, and oral language ability in prereaders: Can we identify children at risk for reading disability more accurately?

Australian Educational and Developmental Psychologist

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 32-62

  Heath, Steve M ^a   Hogben, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

auditory temporal processing; listening comprehension; nonword reading; oral language ability; phonological awareness; prediction of reading achievement; specific reading disability

Indexed keywords

EID: 4344602486     PISSN: 08165122     EISSN: 18392504     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0816512200028029     Document Type: Article

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