title: Locus and nature of perceptual phonological deficit in Spanish children with reading disabilities.
abstract: The aims of this study were (a) to determine whether Spanish children with reading disabilities (RD) show a speech perception deficit and (b) to explore the locus and nature of this perceptive deficit. A group of 29 children with RD, 41 chronological age-matched controls, and 27 reading ability-matched younger controls were tested on tasks of speech perception. The effect of linguistic unit (word vs. syllable) and type of phonetic contrast (voicing, place and manner of articulation) were analyzed in terms of the number of errors and the response time. The results revealed a speech perception deficit in Spanish children with RD that was independent of the type of phonetic contrast and of linguistic unit.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Psicología Evolutiva y de la Educación, Universidad de La Laguna, Campus de Guajara, Islas Canarias, España. mrortiz@ull.es
authors.forename: Rosario
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ortiz
authors.forename: Juan E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Jiménez
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: García Miranda
authors.forename: Remedios
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Guzmán Rosquete
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hernández-Valle
authors.forename: Mercedes
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rodrigo
authors.forename: Adelina
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Estévez
authors.forename: Alicia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Díaz
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hernández Expósito
mesh_terms: D001184:Articulation Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002648:Child; D004410:Dyslexia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D010700:Phonetics; D013030:Spain; D013067:Speech Perception