The dichotic listening paradigm in relation to specific reading disability was investigated with 58 severely disabled readers and 58 above-average readers (all 9-year-old males). Comparison of scores from a Dichotic Digits Task and Dichotic Sides and Types Tasks indicated that disabled readers performed worse than controls in the overall right-ear…

This study showed that measurable deficits in visual perception were not interfering with normal reading achievement among these second graders, yet there was no sign of compensatory development of auditory skills. (HOD)

Forty-nine institutionalized mentally retarded Ss (11- to 26-years-old) were tested to determine the interactions of an auditory ability factor and a personality variable (Level of aspiration) in the prediction of performance on nine Spache Diagnostic Reading Scales. (LC)

Twenty-five dysfunctional (either autistic-like or with reading disorders) Ss ranging in age from 2 months to 25 years were studied to determine whether they respond to the same sound more than once. (Author/SB)

Examined with 297 primary grade children were the effects on reading ability of matching a child's learning style with a compatible teaching method. After Ss' auditory or visual modality preference had been determined they were randomly assigned to classes so that 1/3 of each class showed an auditory preference, 1/3 showed a visual preference, and…

In two experiments, visual and auditory memory were tested for good and for poor readers from the upper elementary grades. Under experimenter-blind conditions, no reading group differences existed for single-mode presentation in recognition frequency or recognition latency. With a multimodal presentation, latencies for poor readers were similar to…

Critiqued are five reviews of research puporting to examine the effectiveness of perceptual training in the improvement of reading. (DB)