Anna Plakas|Titia L. van Zuijen|Theo van Leeuwen|Jennifer M. Thomson|Aryan van der Leij
Impaired non-speech auditory processing at a pre-reading age is a risk-factor for dyslexia but not a predictor: An ERP study
University of Amsterdam|University of Amsterdam|University of Twente|University of Amsterdam
impaired auditory sensitivity amplitude rise time art suggested primary deficit developmental dyslexia present study investigates whether impaired artsensitivity prereading age precedes predicts later emerging reading problems sample dutch children oddball paradigm deviant differed standard stimulus art administered 41monthold children 30 genetically atrisk developmental dyslexia 14 controls concurrent eeg measurement second deviant differed standard stimulus frequency served control deviant grade two reading scores used divide atrisks typicalreading dyslexic subgroup found art frequency processing related later reading skill however also found irrespective reading level atrisks general showed impaired basic auditory processing compared controls impossible discriminate atrisk groups basis auditory measures relatively higher quality early expressive syntactic skills typicalreading atrisk group might indicate protective factor negative effects impaired auditory processing reading development based results argue art frequencyprocessing measures although related reading skill lack power considered singlecause predictors developmental dyslexia likely genetically driven risk factors may add cumulative effects processes critical learning read