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Do Children with Learning Disabilities Outgrow Deficits in Selective Auditory Attention? Evidence from Dichotic Listening in Adults with Learning Disabilities.
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Bowen, Sara M.; Hynd, George W. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1988
The study examined the developmental lag hypothesis for learning disabilities by evaluating dichotic listening ability using both free recall and directed attention conditions in 24 learning disabled (LD) adults. Findings indicated LD adults showed similar deficits in lateralized selective auditory linguistic processing as children with LD. (DB)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Attention Control, Auditory Perception
Auditory, Visual, and Multisensory Nonverbal Social Perception in Adolescents with and without Learning Disabilities.
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Sisterhen, Daniel H.; Gerber, Paul J. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1989
Adolescents with and without learning disabilities (14, 16, and 18 years old) were tested to determine whether they differed in auditory, visual, and/or multisensory social perception abilities. The adolescents with learning disabilities at all age levels were not as adept at understanding nonverbal social information regardless of whether it was…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Auditory Perception, Interpersonal Competence
Reading Comprehension and Perception of Sequentially Organized Patterns: Intramodal and Cross-Modal Comparisons.
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Payne, M. Carr, Jr.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1980
Findings suggested that a deficit in auditory memory rather than cross-modal perception appears to be a factor in poor reading comprehension. (Author/DLS)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Auditory Perception, Exceptional Child Research, Intermediate Grades
Relationship of Auditory and Visual Skills to Reading Retardation.
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Richardson, Ellis; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1980
The relationship between subtests of the Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities and the Developmental Test of Visual-Motor Integration to a comprehensive battery of reading measures was investigated in a sample of 77 poor readers in grades 2 through 6. (Author/PHR)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Auditory Perception, Auditory Tests, Elementary Education