Deficient Letter-Speech Sound Integration Is Associated With Deficits in Reading but Not Spelling.

ABSTRACT: Efficient and automatic integration of letters and speech sounds is assumed to enable fluent word recognition and may in turn also underlie the build-up of high-quality orthographic representations, which are relevant for accurate spelling. While previous research showed that developmental dyslexia is associated with deficient letter-speech sound integration, these studies did not differentiate between subcomponents of literacy skills. In order to investigate whether deficient letter-speech sound integration is associated with deficits in reading and/or spelling, three groups of third graders were recruited: (1) children with combined deficits in reading and spelling (RSD, N = 10); (2) children with isolated spelling deficit (ISD, N = 17); and (3) typically developing childre

SUBMITTER: Kemeny F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6246711 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature