Developmental dyslexia in different languages: Language-specific or universal?

JC Ziegler, C Perry, A Ma-Wyatt, D Ladner… - Journal of experimental …, 2003 - Elsevier
Most of the research on developmental dyslexia comes from English-speaking countries.
However, there is accumulating evidence that learning to read English is harder than …

The early manifestation of developmental dyslexia: Evidence from German children

H Wimmer - Reading and Writing, 1996 - Springer
The present study retrospectively examined early difficulties with phonological coding and
phonemic segmentation of German children who after four years in school were diagnosed …

The nonword reading deficit in developmental dyslexia: Evidence from children learning to read German

H Wimmer - Journal of experimental child psychology, 1996 - Elsevier
This study examined whether dyslexic children learning to read German show the same
nonword reading deficit, which is characteristic of dyslexic children learning to read English …

[PDF][PDF] The nature and causes of dyslexia in different languages

M Caravolas - The science of reading: A handbook, 2005 - researchgate.net
Developmental dyslexia is now a recognized disorder in many literate societies. On its
website, the International Dyslexia Association boasts affiliated branches on every continent …

Developmental dyslexia: Related to specific or general deficits?

V Van Daal, A Van der Leij - Annals of dyslexia, 1999 - Springer
The present study was designed to examine the question of whether developmental
dyslexia in 12-year-old students at the beginning of secondary education in the Netherlands …

Phonological spelling errors among dyslexic children learning a transparent orthography: the case of Czech

M Caravolas, J Volín - Dyslexia, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Substantial evidence from studies of English‐speaking dyslexic children's spelling suggests
that these individuals have a persistent impairment in representing the phonological …

Characteristics of developmental dyslexia in a regular writing system

H Wimmer - Applied psycholinguistics, 1993 - cambridge.org
The present study assessed reading difficulties and cognitive impairments of German-
speaking dyslexic children at grade levels 2, 3, and 4. It was found that German dyslexic …

Are auditory and visual processing deficits related to developmental dyslexia?

GK Georgiou, TC Papadopoulos, E Zarouna… - Dyslexia, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The purpose of this study was to examine if children with dyslexia learning to read a
consistent orthography (Greek) experience auditory and visual processing deficits and if …

Cross-national comparisons of developmental dyslexia in Italy and the United States

SD Lindgren, E De Renzi, LC Richman - Child development, 1985 - JSTOR
This study was designed to examine whether the phonetic regularity of a language can
significantly influence the prevalence and pattern of developmental dyslexia …

The impact of orthographic consistency on dyslexia: A German-English comparison

K Landerl, H Wimmer, U Frith - Cognition, 1997 - Elsevier
We examined reading and phonological processing abilities in English and German
dyslexic children, each compared with two control groups matched for reading level (8 …