This paper reviews and evaluates the evidence for the existence of distinct varieties of
developmental dyslexia, analogous to those found in the acquired dyslexic population …

The term dyslexia is applied both to the difficulty a child may experience in learning to read
and to reading problems resulting from brain damage in previously normal adults. The …

Jorm (1979a) has drawn attention to similarities between developmental dyslexia and
acquired deep dyslexia, an analogy which has been criticized by AW Ellis (1979). A series of …

Recently several people have suggested strong similarities between the symptoms of
acquired and developmental dyslexia. It is an interesting suggestion because it offers us a …

The paper reviews a theory advanced by Satz and Sparrow (1970) which purports to explain
the nature and cause of specific developmental dyslexia, and evaluates several …

This study examined whether there are different subtypes of developmental dyslexia. The
subjects were 51 dyslexic children (reading below the 30th percentile in isolated word …

The nine papers on reading processes and problems collected together in this issue are
discussed and related to each other. The studies all share a theoretical framework which is …

In the present chapter, we provide a selective review of research conducted over the past
two to three decades evaluating influential theories of the basic cause (s) of developmental …

The purpose of this study was to investigate the hypothesis that the manner in which a
reading disability is defined will influence the conclusions that are made about the …

The present study examined a number of hypotheses advanced by Satz and Sparrow (1970)
to account for the pattern of deficits in developmental dyslexia. The theory postulates that the …