Based on the analysis of 190 studies (18,573 participants), we estimate that the average
silent reading rate for adults in English is 238 words per minute (wpm) for non-fiction and …

Purpose The purpose of this tutorial is to discuss the language basis of dyslexia in the
context of developmental language disorders (DLDs). Whereas most studies have focused …

Some people doubt that the concept of developmental dyslexia (DD) is useful at all because
the phonological weaknesses seen in DD cannot be distinguished from those found in every …

All human infants acquire language, but their brains do not know which language/s to
prepare for. This observation suggests that there are fundamental components of the speech …

This study presents a meta-analytic review of serial rapid automatized naming (RAN) deficits
in individuals with dyslexia relative to typical readers (based on 216 effect sizes comprising …

Literacy has many obvious benefits: it exposes the reader to a wealth of new information and
enhances syntactic knowledge. However, we argue that literacy has an additional, often …

Reading acquisition is based on a set of preliteracy skills that lay the foundation for future
reading abilities. Phonological awareness—the ability to identify and manipulate the sound …

Individuals with dyslexia present with reading-related deficits including inaccurate and/or
less fluent word recognition and poor decoding abilities. Slow reading speed and worse text …

Specific word reading difficulty, commonly termed 'developmental dyslexia', refers to the low
end of the word reading skill distribution but is frequently considered to be a …

Despite proving its usefulness for over a century, the concept of developmental dyslexia
(DD) is currently in severe disarray because of the recent introduction of the phonological …