Impaired perception of syllable stress in children with dyslexia: A longitudinal study

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-17

  Goswami, Usha ^a   Mead, Natasha ^a   Fosker, Tim ^a   Huss, Martina ^a   Barnes, Lisa ^a   Leong, Victoria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Auditory processing; Dyslexia; Prosodic awareness; Syllable stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876696870     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2013.03.001     Document Type: Article

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