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Publication Date: 2010-Apr
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Could Specific Braille Reading Difficulties Result from Developmental Dyslexia?
Veispak, Anneli; Ghesquiere, Pol
Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, v104 n4 p228-238 Apr 2010
A proportion of children with visual impairments have specific reading difficulties that cannot be easily explained. This article reviews the data on problems with braille reading and interprets them from the framework of the temporal-processing deficit theory of developmental dyslexia.
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Visual Impairments, Braille, Dyslexia, Phonological Awareness, Auditory Perception, Language Processing, Language Acquisition, Cognitive Processes, Developmental Delays, Language Research, Children
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