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Carroll, Julia M. and Myers, Joanne M.. (2010) Speech and language difficulties in children with and without a family history of dyslexia. Scientific Studies of Reading, Vol.14 (No.3). pp. 247-265. ISSN 1088-8438

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10888430903150634

Abstract

Comorbidity between SLI and dyslexia is well documented. Researchers have variously argued that dyslexia is a separate disorder from SLI, or that children with dyslexia show a subset of the difficulties shown in SLI. This study examines these hypotheses by assessing whether family history of dyslexia and speech and language difficulties are separable risk factors for literacy difficulties. Forty-six children with a family risk of dyslexia (FRD) and 36 children receiving speech therapy (SLT) were compared to 128 typically developing children. A substantial number (41.3%) of the children with FRD had received SLT. The nature of their difficulties did not differ in severity or form from those shown by the other children in SLT. However, both SLT and FRD were independent risk factors in predicting reading difficulties both concurrently and 6 months later. It is argued that the results are best explained in terms of Pennington's (2006) multiple deficits model.

Item Type:

Journal Article

Subjects:

L Education > LB Theory and practice of education
R Medicine > RC Internal medicine

Divisions:

Faculty of Science > Psychology

Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):

Dyslexia -- Research, Language disorders in children -- Great Britain, Speech therapy for children -- Great Britain, Medical genetics

Journal or Publication Title:

Scientific Studies of Reading

Publisher:

Routledge

ISSN:

1088-8438

Official Date:

May 2010

Dates:

Date	Event
May 2010	Published

Volume:

Vol.14

Number:

No.3

Page Range:

pp. 247-265

Identifier:

10.1080/10888430903150634

Status:

Peer Reviewed

Access rights to Published version:

Restricted or Subscription Access

Funder:

Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain) (ESRC)

Grant number:

RES-062-23-0195 (ESRC)

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