Catherine McBride?Chang|Fanny Lam|Catherine Lam|Sylvia Doo|Simpson W. L. Wong|Yuk-Yin Chow
Word recognition and cognitive profiles of Chinese pre?school children at risk for dyslexia through language delay or familial history of dyslexia
Department of Health|Department of Health|Department of Health
study sought identify cognitive abilities might distinguish hong kong chinese kindergarten children risk dyslexia either language delay familial history dyslexia children risk examine abilities associated chinese word recognition cognitive skills interest syllable awareness tone detection rapid automated naming visual skill morphological awarenesswe recruited 36 children whose sibling previously diagnosed dyslexia familial risk group 36 children initially reported difficulties preschool literacy acquisition either teachers parents subsequently found demonstrate clinical atrisk factors aspects language paediatricians language delayed group mean age groups approximately 61 months thirtysix children risk factors matched age iq parents education atrisk groups children tested cognitive skills chinese word recognitioncompared controls children language delayed group scored significantly lower measures whereas children familial risk group performed significantly worse tone detection morphological awareness chinese word recognition regression analyses word recognition best explained morphological awareness tone detection visual skilllanguagerelated measures strongly associated early reading development impairment hong kong chinese children tests tone detection morphological awareness may important clinical tools diagnosing risk reading problems young chinese children contrast chinese language delay may associated broader cognitive impairments found previously various indoeuropean languages eg bishop snowling 2004