Nonlinguistic perceptual deficits associated with reading and language disorders.
Recent behavioral evidence supports the idea that some individuals with reading and language disorders are impaired in their perception of nonlinguistic auditory and visual information. More sophisticated measurement paradigms and analysis techniques are leading to a clearer understanding of these deficits and to possibilities for their remediation.
Wright
B A
BA
Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA. b-wright@northwestern.edu
Bowen
R W
RW
Zecker
S G
SG
D001307:Auditory Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D004410:Dyslexia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D007806:Language Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010468:Perceptual Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*