Is there a causal link from a phonological awareness deficit to reading failure in children at familial risk for dyslexia?

Dyslexia

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 300-317

  Blomert, Leo ^a   Willems, Gonny ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Causes of dyslexia; Familial risk; Letter knowledge; Letter speech sound associations; Phonological awareness deficit

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTELLIGENCE; KINDERGARTEN; KNOWLEDGE BASE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PHONETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; READING; SPEECH;

EID: 78349273649     PISSN: 10769242     EISSN: 10990909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dys.405     Document Type: Article

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