We summarize some of the most important findings from research evaluating the
hypothesized causes of specific reading disability ('dyslexia') over the past four decades …

The self-teaching hypothesis proposes that phonological recoding functions as a self-
teaching mechanism enabling the learner to independently acquire an autonomous …

Developmental dyslexia and specific language impairment (SLI) were for many years
treated as distinct disorders but are now often regarded as different manifestations of the …

Stuttering: Foundations and Clinical Applications, Third Edition presents a comprehensive
overview of the science and treatment of stuttering in a single text. The book offers a unique …

This book evaluates the involvement of working memory in five central aspects of language
processing: vocabulary acquisition, speech production, reading development, skilled …

This article presents findings from the Children's Test of Nonword Repetition (CNRep).
Normative data based on its administration to over 600 children aged between four and nine …

This article presents a theoretical framework designed to accommodate core evidence that
the abilities to repeat nonwords and to learn the phonological forms of new words are …

Investigations into the neuroanatomical bases of developmental dyslexia have now
spanned more than 40 years, starting with the post-mortem examination of a few individual …

In this chapter, we present a model of the development of spoken word recognition, the
processes involved in matching speech input to lexical patterns stored in memory. Our …

The present study assessed reading difficulties and cognitive impairments of German-
speaking dyslexic children at grade levels 2, 3, and 4. It was found that German dyslexic …