A comparison of phonological processing skills of children with mild to moderate sensorineural hearing loss and children with dyslexia

American Annals of the Deaf

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 289-306

  Park, Jungjun ^a   Lombardino, Linda J ^b  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory deprivation; Dyslexia; Mild to moderate sensorineural hearing loss; Phonological awareness; Phonological code; Phonological memory; Phonological processing; Phonological representation; Rapid naming

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865498042     PISSN: 0002726X     EISSN: 15430375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/aad.2012.1621     Document Type: Article

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