ReviewBrain sciences2021
Common Misconceptions about the Phonological Deficit Theory of Dyslexia.
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- Examining complex academic language in children with dyslexia: a comparative analysis with curriculum standards.Annals of dyslexia · 2026Article
- Spoken language delay in toddlerhood predicts late childhood language outcomes in dyslexia: evidence from retrospective parent-report.Annals of dyslexia · 2026Article
- The effect of binaural beats on phonological awareness and cortical connectivity in dyslexic children.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Rapid decay of perceptual memory in dyslexia.Trends in cognitive sciences · 2026Review
- Children's Improvement After Language and Rhythm Training With the Digital Medical Device Poppins for Dyslexia: Single-Arm Intervention Study.JMIR serious games · 2025Article
- Exploring Memory Compensation in Dyslexia: Strengths and Weaknesses in Memory Patterns Among Children and Adolescents.Child psychiatry and human development · 2025Article
- Reading subtyping of Arabic-speaking university students: a contribution to the accuracy vs. rate model of dyslexia.Annals of dyslexia · 2025Article
- What Are the Research Priorities for the Dyslexia Community in the United Kingdom and How Do They Align With Previous Research Funding?Dyslexia (Chichester, England) · 2025Article
- Impaired visual and verbal statistical learning in children with Dyslexia in a transparent orthography.Annals of dyslexia · 2025Article
- Validation and Reliability of the Dyslexia Adult Checklist in Screening for Dyslexia.Dyslexia (Chichester, England) · 2025Article
- The perceptual span in dyslexic reading and visual search.Dyslexia (Chichester, England) · 2024Article
- Auditory Category Learning in Children With Dyslexia.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR · 2024Article
- Dyslexics Exhibit an Orthographic, Not a Phonological Deficit in Lexical Decision.Language, cognition and neuroscience · 2024Article
- The Role of Working Memory in Early Literacy and Numeracy Skills in Kindergarten and First Grade.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- The Myth of Normal Reading.Perspectives on psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science · 2023Article
- Revisiting Multifactor Models of Dyslexia: Do They Fit Empirical Data and What Are Their Implications for Intervention?Brain sciences · 2023Article
- The Role of Visual Factors in Dyslexia.Journal of cognition · 2023Article
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Abstract
In this discussion paper, I review a number of common misconceptions about the phonological deficit theory (PDH) of dyslexia. These include the common but mistaken idea that the PDH is simply about phonemic awareness (PA), and, consequently, is a circular "pseudo"-explanation or epiphenomenon of reading difficulties. I argue that PA is only the "tip of the phonological iceberg" and that "deeper" spoken-language phonological impairments among dyslexics appear well before the onset of reading and even at birth. Furthermore, not even reading-specific expressions of phonological deficits-PA or pseudoword naming, can be considered circular if we clearly distinguish between reading
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