An on-going debate surrounds the relationship between specific language impairment and
developmental dyslexia, in particular with respect to their phonological abilities. Are these …

Paediatric speech and language therapists are challenged by diminished resources and
increasingly complex caseloads. The new edition addresses their concerns. Norms for …

This chapter presents a review of empirical research about the role of phonological and
cognitive factors in reading and spelling Greek orthography. Although spoken Greek has …

Most studies on reading have been conducted with English-speaking subjects. It is crucial to
also examine studies conducted in different languages, in order to highlight which aspects of …

This study reports effects of a high-variability training procedure on nonnative learning of a
Japanese geminate-singleton fricative contrast. Thirty native speakers of Dutch took part in a …

In the light of the literature describing oral language difficulties in developmental dyslexia
(DD), event-related potentials were used in order to compare morphosyntactic processing in …

Purpose Previous studies have reported that children with specific language impairment
(SLI) name pictures more slowly than do chronological age–matched (CAM) peers. Rapid …

OBJECTIVE: A growing body of evidence suggests that individuals with dyslexia perceive
speech using allophonic rather than phonemic units and are thus sensitive to phonetic …

This study tests the hypothesis that developmental dyslexia is (partly) caused by a deficit in
implicit sequential learning, by investigating whether infants at familial risk of dyslexia can …

This Handbook provides a comprehensive and international representation of state-of-the
art research, theory, and practice related to principal areas in which significant …