Characterizing the overlap between sli and dyslexia in Chinese: The role of phonology and beyond

Characterizing the overlap between sli and dyslexia in Chinese: The role of phonology and beyond

• Wong, Anita M. Y. University of Hong Kong
• Kidd, Joanna C. University of Hong Kong
• Ho, Connie S. H. University of Hong Kong
• Au, Terry K. F. University of Hong Kong

Scientific Studies of Reading, 14(1), 30-57, 2010

Lawrence Erlbaum Associates

2010

• E Special Education
  • EF Education for Speech & Language Impairments
• G Curriculum, Teaching & Learning: Specific Disciplines
  • GA Chinese Language

Phonology Dyslexia Identification Reading Difficulties Language Impairments Control Groups Evaluation Methods Cognitive Processes Morphology (Languages) Sino Tibetan Languages Oral Language Multivariate Analysis Chinese Word Recognition Primary Education Hong Kong

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Primary Education

This study examined the overlap of dyslexia and specific language impairment (SLI) in Cantonese-Chinese-speaking children. Thirty children with a prior diagnosis of SLI and 9 normal controls, aged between 6;0 and 11;3, participated. The children with SLI were tested for language impairment and dyslexia. Seven retained a diagnosis of SLI but were dyslexia-free (SLI-only), 13 received a comorbid diagnosis of dyslexia (SLI-D), and SLI had become history (SLI-H) in the other 10 children with no co-morbid diagnoses of dyslexia. The SLI-only group did worse on textual comprehension, but better on left-right reversal (an orthographic skill), than the SLI-D group. The SLI-only and the SLI-D group shared the same range of cognitive deficits relative to age norms and showed no difference in phonological processing. The SLI-D group did worse than the normal group on phonological representation, and both the SLI-only and the SLI-D group had difficulties with morphological awareness.
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• English

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• 10888438

• 10.1080/10888430903242043

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2011-01-21