Dyslexia: address the deficits or compensate them through competence? Comparison of two treatment methodsSummary: Our study compares the efficiency and acceptance of two different methods of treating dyslexia in children. The first method addresses the ...
The Marburg Spelling Training Program - Results of a Short-Term InterventionSummaryObjectives: The Marburg Spelling Training Program was administered to a sample of 10 spelling-disabled primary school pupils (2nd -4th graders) over three months in an ...
Summary:On the diagnostics of dyslexiaThe ICD-10 calls for the use of tables that account for the correlation between intelligence and spelling or reading, respectively (regression model) in the diagnosis of dyslexia. In this paper we discuss the ...
Reliability, Trainability, and Stability of Auditory Discriminative Performance in Two Computer Supported Assessment and Training TasksSummary:Objectives: The present study focuses on the possibilities and effects of training dyslexic children in tone ...
Summary:Spelling training in school based intervention groups - Results of an evaluation trial in secondary schoolObjective: This study aims to evaluate in a school-based tutoring setting a training program for spelling (Marburger Rechtschreibtraining) ...
EEG coherence analysis for examining an automatizational deficit in dyslexia - a pilot studySummary:Objectives: Do dyslexic children exhibit a general automatizational deficit as well as a phonological deficit? Methods: In 16 children aged 9-11 years ...
Long-term Outcome for Dyslexic ChildrenSummary:Objective: Only a few studies - especially in Germany - deal with the long-term outcome for dyslexic children. The aim of our study was to assess a group of former students of a boarding school for dyslexic ...
The significance of auditory processing deficits for the etiopathogenesis of dyslexiaSummary:Objective: It has been claimed that children with dyslexia show auditory processing deficits and a training of auditory perception is recommended as a therapy. ...
First effects of training phonological awareness in two age cohorts of kindergarten childrenSummary:Objective: This study investigated to what extent young kindergarten children already benefit from training phonological awareness. Methods: The training ...
Genetics of dyslexiaSummary: Dyslexia is a very common developmental disorder. The aetiology of this complex disorder must in large part still be clarified. Dyslexia segregates in families and the risk for a sibling to become dyslexic is 3.5-fold ...
Survey of fMRI results regarding a phonological deficit in children and adults with dyslexia: Fundamental deficit or indication of compensation?Summary: Early neuroimaging studies exploring the neurobiological correlates of the phonological deficit in ...
Short-, middle and long-term effects of training in phonological awareness and letter-sound correspondence on phonological awareness and on reading and spellingSummary:Objective: The present study intended to evaluate the short-, middle and long-term ...
The relevance of central auditory processing disorders in Child and Adolescent PsychiatryThe clinical relevance of central auditory processing disorders (CAPD) is highly controversial. The paper explicates different concepts of CAPD and reviews empirical ...
Is a specific disorder of arithmetic skills as common as reading/spelling disorder?Background: Referring to the prevalence rates of learning disorders in the research literature, the numbers of mathematics disorder and reading/spelling disorder are often ...
Prevention of dyslexia – effects of a home-based training to promote early literacy. A pilot studyObjective: The importance of preschool programs to enhance children’s phonological abilities in order to prevent dyslexia has been proved often. In contrast,...
Evaluation of a preschool program to promote phonological awareness and letter-sound correspondence – long-term effects in the prevention of dyslexia at the end of the 3rd and 4th gradesObjective: The present study evaluates the long-term effects of a ...
Relationship between phonological awareness and behavioral problems in preschool childrenObjective: Phonological awareness is a key precursor of reading and writing skills in preschool children. Many children with reading and spelling problems have ...
Concepts of therapy for children with dyslexiaNumerous methods based on very different concepts are available to treat children with dyslexia. Basically, symptomatic and causal principles can be distinguished. Among the symptomatic methods are systematic ...
Phoneme discrimination and dyslexia in school children at grade one to sixObjective: The research on phoneme discrimination in connection with dyslexia has focused mostly on reading ability. The aim of this study was to analyse phoneme discrimination in ...
Evaluation of the Marburg Spelling Training (MRT) in 2nd- and 3rd-grade students with spelling difficultiesObjective: Children with severe dyslexia are substantially impaired because reading and writing are key competencies necessary for a successful ...