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Auditory temporal processing, phonological awareness, and oral language ability in prereaders: Can we identify children at risk for reading disability more accurately?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 October 2015

Steve M. Heath  and
John H. Hogben
Steve M. Heath*
Affiliation:
The University of Western Australia
John H. Hogben
Affiliation:
The University of Western Australia
*
Department of Psychology, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands WA 6907, Ph: 9380 3259, Fax: 9380 3643, E-mail: steve@psy.uwa.edu.au
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Abstract

A longitudinal study was designed to investigate the possibility of improving current accuracy in prediction of reading disability, using phonological awareness (PA), oral language, and auditory temporal processing (ATP) as predictors. Preschoolers (n = 106) were tested on PA, and two groups were selected from the upper and lower quartiles of the PA distribution for initial testing as prereaders on ATP and oral language, and later testing on reading and oral language at the end of years 1, 2 , and 3. Oral language markedly improved levels of prediction previously achieved using PA alone. However, although ATP is related to PA and oral language in prereaders, it contributed little to prediction of reading achievement beyond that afforded by measures of PA and oral language. Options for improving the levels of prediction achieved here by increasing the sensitivity of our measure of AJP are discussed.

Keywords

auditory temporal processingnonword readinglistening comprehensionoral language abilityphonological awarenessprediction of reading achievementspecific reading disability
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Research Article
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The Educational and Developmental Psychologist , Volume 17 , Issue 1 , 2000 , pp. 32 - 62
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Copyright © Australian Psychological Society 2000

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