Donald Nelinson, Lois Ko, Brian G Bass
Reading Between the Lines: Navigating Nuance in Medical Literature to Optimize Clinical Decision-Making and Health Care Outcomes
Advances in medical education and practice
study investigates oral language skills 8yearold children impaired reading comprehension despite fluent accurate reading normal nonverbal ability children poor understanding read tasks tapping 3 domains oral language namely phonology semantics morphosyntax administered along measures reflect interaction language domains refer broader language skills relative control children matched age decoding ability poor comprehenders impaired across measures except tapping phonological skills addition low oral language ability characterizing group whole individuals marked language impairments argued substantial minority classified specific language impairment however none children previously recognized language reading impairment findings demonstrate serious reading language impairments always obvious children good phonological ability appear superficially least read well