ERIC Number: EJ1079393
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015-Oct
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ISSN: ISSN-1092-4388
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Rapid Naming and Phonemic Awareness in Children with Reading Disabilities and/or Specific Language Impairment: Differentiating Processes?
De Groot, Bartholomeus J. A.; Van den Bos, Kees P.; Van der Meulen, Bieuwe F.; Minnaert, Alexander E. M. G.
Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, v58 n5 p1538-1548 Oct 2015
Purpose: The objective of this study was to assess and compare the predictive values of group membership for rapid automatized naming (RAN) and phonemic awareness (PA) in Dutch school children with and without reading disabilities (RD) or specific language impairment (SLI). Method: A composite word reading index and a formal SLI diagnosis were used to classify a total of 1,267 children aged 8 to 13 years old either as RD-only (n = 126), SLI-only (n = 21), comorbid (RD+SLI; n = 30), or typically developing (n = 1,090). RAN and PA were assessed with 4 standardized subtests. The clinical subgroups were compared to each other and contrasted with the control group. Results: For each subgroup, results indicate substantial effect sizes of RAN and PA. However, the RD-only group seems to be more affected by poor RAN than the SLI-only group, whereas the 2 groups perform equally poorly on PA. The comorbid group was revealed as most severely impaired on all measurements. Conclusions: In studying RD and SLI, this research indicates that it is important to distinguish between RD-only, SLI-only, and comorbid groups. The comorbid group shows additive effects of both disorders.
Descriptors: Group Membership, Naming, Cognitive Processes, Phonemic Awareness, Reading Difficulties, Language Impairments, Children, Early Adolescents, Effect Size, Foreign Countries, Classification, Comparative Analysis, Control Groups, Experimental Groups, Severity (of Disability)
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Netherlands
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