Travis White?Schwoch|Kali Woodruff Carr|Elaine C. Thompson|Samira Anderson|Trent Nicol|Ann R. Bradlow|Steven G. Zecker|Nina Kraus
Auditory Processing in Noise: A Preschool Biomarker for Literacy
Northwestern University|Northwestern University|Northwestern University|University of Maryland, College Park|Northwestern University|Northwestern University|Northwestern University|Northwestern University|Northwestern University
learning read fundamental developmental milestone achieving reading competency lifelong consequences although literacy development proceeds smoothly many children subset struggle learning process creating need identify reliable biomarkers childs future literacy could facilitate early diagnosis access crucial early interventions neural markers reading skills identified schoolaged children adults many pertain precision information processing noise unknown whether markers present prereading children series experiments 112 children ages 314 show brainbehavior relationships integrity neural coding speech noise phonology harness findings predictive model preliteracy revealing 30min neurophysiological assessment predicts performance multiple prereading tests one year later predicts preschoolers performance across multiple domains emergent literacy neural coding model predicts literacy diagnosis learning disability schoolaged children findings offer new insight biological constraints preliteracy early childhood suggesting neural processing consonants noise fundamental language reading development pragmatically findings open doors early identification children risk language learning problems early identification may turn facilitate access early interventions could prevent life spent struggling read