title: Identification of time-compressed sentential stimuli by good vs poor readers.
abstract: Ability of eight good and eight poor readers (in Grade 1, ages ranging from 6.7 to 7.4 yr.) to discriminate phonemic contrasts presented in 50% time-compressed sentential stimuli (Subtest 13 of the Carrow-Auditory Visual Abilities Test) was measured. Good readers exhibited a significantly higher over-all mean performance than poor readers on the time-compressed task. Effects of time-compression on the perception of manner, place, voicing and frequency contrasts showed a similar pattern of errors for both groups of readers. Implications of the effects of auditory discrimination on reading abilities are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Communication Disorders, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant 48859.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Watson
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stewart
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Krause
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rastatter
mesh_terms: D001143:Arousal; D001288:Attention; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010700:Phonetics; D011930:Reaction Time; D011932:Reading; D013067:Speech Perception