Examined cognitive profile and multiple-deficit hypothesis in Chinese developmental dyslexia. Compared 30 Chinese dyslexic children with average readers of the same chronological age (CA) and 30 average readers at the same reading level (RL) in several rapid naming, visual, phonological, and orthographic tasks. Found that dyslexic children performed significantly worse than CA controls but similarly to RL controls on most cognitive tasks, with rapid naming the most dominant deficit. (Author/KB)