Locus and nature of perceptual phonological deficit in Spanish children with reading disabilities.
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.
Ortiz
Rosario
R
Departamento de Psicología Evolutiva y de la Educación, Universidad de La Laguna, Campus de Guajara, Islas Canarias, España. mrortiz@ull.es
Jiménez
Juan E
JE
García Miranda
Eduardo
E
Guzmán Rosquete
Remedios
R
Hernández-Valle
Isabel
I
Rodrigo
Mercedes
M
Estévez
Adelina
A
Díaz
Alicia
A
Hernández Expósito
Sergio
S
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