Jeremy Law|Johan Wouters|Pol Ghesquière
Morphological Awareness and Its Role in Compensation in Adults with Dyslexia
KU Leuven|KU Leuven|KU Leuven
study examines role morphological awareness literacy achievement compensation word reading adults dyslexia exploration three questions 1 adult dyslexics demonstrate deficit potential deficit related phonological awareness pa 2 contribute independently literacy skills equally dyslexics control readers 3 pa skills differ compensated noncompensated dyslexics group dyslexic normal reading university students matched age education iq participated study group analysis demonstrated deficit dyslexics well found significantly predict greater proportion word reading spelling within dyslexic group compared controls compensated dyslexics also found perform significantly better morphological task noncompensated dyslexics additionally statistical difference observed normal reading controls compensated group independent pa vocabulary results suggest intact strong skills contribute achieved compensation group adults dyslexia implications based intervention strategies people dyslexia discussed