Reduced sensitivity to slow-rate dynamic auditory information in children with dyslexia

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2810-2819

  Poelmans, Hanne ^a,b   Luts, Heleen ^a,b   Vandermosten, Maaike ^a,b   Boets, Bart ^a,b   Ghesquière, Pol ^b   Wouters, Jan ^a  

^a KU LEUVEN UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dyslexia; Slow rate dynamic auditory processing; Speech perception

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MALE; PHONETICS; READING; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSORY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL DETECTION; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AUDITORY PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; CHILD; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NOISE; PHONETICS; READING; RISK FACTORS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 80053631366     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: 18733379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2011.05.025     Document Type: Article

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