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Peer reviewedCupples, Linda; Iacono, Teresa – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2000
Twenty-two children (ages 6-10) with Down syndrome were tested for receptive language, cognitive function, oral reading, and phonological awareness. Re-assessment 9 months later found better oral reading was associated with superior phoneme segmentation skills. Also, early segmentation ability appeared to predict later nonword reading, but not the…
Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Downs Syndrome, Elementary Education, Oral Reading
