What is the deficit in phonological processing deficits: Auditory sensitivity, masking, or category formation?

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 762-785

  Nittrouer, Susan ^a   Shune, Samantha ^b   Lowenstein, Joanna H ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental speech perception; Dyslexia; Language acquisition; Phonological processing abilities; Reading disorder; Specific language impairment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHONETICS; RECALL; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AUDITORY PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHONETICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951720645     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2010.10.012     Document Type: Article

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