ERIC Number: EJ724306
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Dec
Pages: 7
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ISSN: ISSN-0093-934X
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Auditory Backward Masking Deficits in Children with Reading Disabilities
Montgomery, Christine R.; Morris, Robin D.; Sevcik, Rose A.; Clarkson, Marsha G.
Brain and Language, v95 n3 p450-456 Dec 2005
Studies evaluating temporal auditory processing among individuals with reading and other language deficits have yielded inconsistent findings due to methodological problems (Studdert-Kennedy & Mody, 1995) and sample differences. In the current study, seven auditory masking thresholds were measured in fifty-two 7- to 10-year-old children (26 diagnosed with reading disability [RD], 26 without reading disability). Hierarchic multiple regression analyses indicated that RD status predicted performance only in the backward-bandpass noise (p<.05) and backward notched-noise conditions (p<.05), suggesting both temporal and spectral auditory processing deficits. These results suggest that any auditory deficit associated with RD may be more complex than previously hypothesized.
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Children, Auditory Evaluation, Auditory Stimuli, Auditory Perception, Psychometrics, Acoustics
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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