The development of reading competency is one of the most significant pedagogical
achievements during the first few years of schooling. Although most children learn to read …

Background: Children with speech impairment are more likely to have difficulty learning to
read compared with children with typical speech development. Researchers have …

This study examined the relations among expressive phonology, phonological sensitivity,
and early decoding skills in children attending kindergarten through 2 nd grade. Extant …

A phonological impairment is a disturbance in children's speech sound production that
occurs independently of physical or cognitive impairment. Phonological impairment may …

Purpose To identify weaknesses in print awareness and phonological processing that place
children with speech sound disorders (SSDs) at increased risk for reading difficulties …

During the last 20 years, extensive research has been conducted into individual differences
in children's phonological abilities, that is, their sensitivity to the speech sound structure of …

Currently, in the field of literacy and reading disabilities, few concepts are receiving more
attention in research and practice than phonological awareness. It has clearly become the …

The primary purpose of this study was to compare the ability of language-impaired and
reading-impaired children to process (ie, encode and retrieve) phonological information …

Poor readers are known to do consistently worsethan their normal reading peers on tasks
ofphonological processing. They are characterizedby their difficulties in printed …

The study of children's language abilities as they relate to the acquisition of reading skills
has been an extremely active area of research over the past decade. Within the general …