TY - JOUR
T1 - Lateral asymmetry in subgroups of dyslexic children
AU - Aylward, Elizabeth Hoppes
N1 - Funding Information:
This article is based on a Ph.D. dissertation completed in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Cornell University. Funding for this research was provided by a Cornell University College of Human Ecology predoctoral research grant. Send requests for reprints to the author at: John F. Kennedy Institute for Handicapped Children, 707 North Broadway. Baltimore, MD 21205.
Copyright:
Copyright 2014 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 1984/7
Y1 - 1984/7
N2 - It has been proposed that in examining hemispheric dominance in dyslexics, investigators must make a distinction between subtypes of the disorder. Using the Denver Reading and Spelling Test, 72 dyslexics were divided into three groups: dysphonetics, dyseidetics, and nonspecifics. Three measures of hemispheric dominance were administered: a dichotic listening test, a hemiretinal test wit linguistic stimuli, and a hemiretinal test with spatial stimuli. Results indicated that the three subgroups of dyslexics did not differ from one another on measures of hemispheric dominance. Dyslexics, taken as a group, tended to show an exaggerated right ear advantage on the dichotic listening test, in comparison with that of controls. It was proposed that the dichotic listening test may be confounded by attentional deficits in the dyslexics.
AB - It has been proposed that in examining hemispheric dominance in dyslexics, investigators must make a distinction between subtypes of the disorder. Using the Denver Reading and Spelling Test, 72 dyslexics were divided into three groups: dysphonetics, dyseidetics, and nonspecifics. Three measures of hemispheric dominance were administered: a dichotic listening test, a hemiretinal test wit linguistic stimuli, and a hemiretinal test with spatial stimuli. Results indicated that the three subgroups of dyslexics did not differ from one another on measures of hemispheric dominance. Dyslexics, taken as a group, tended to show an exaggerated right ear advantage on the dichotic listening test, in comparison with that of controls. It was proposed that the dichotic listening test may be confounded by attentional deficits in the dyslexics.
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U2 - 10.1016/0093-934X(84)90091-9
DO - 10.1016/0093-934X(84)90091-9
M3 - Article
C2 - 6744018
AN - SCOPUS:0021182860
SN - 0093-934X
VL - 22
SP - 221
EP - 231
JO - Brain and Language
JF - Brain and Language
IS - 2
ER -