Auditory temporal structure processing in dyslexia: processing of prosodic phrase boundaries is not impaired in children with dyslexia.

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Serval ID
serval:BIB_0ECFD80CEA03
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Collection
Publications
Title
Auditory temporal structure processing in dyslexia: processing of prosodic phrase boundaries is not impaired in children with dyslexia.
Journal
Annals of Dyslexia
Author(s)
Geiser E., Kjelgaard M., Christodoulou J.A., Cyr A., Gabrieli J.D.
ISSN
1934-7243 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
0736-9387
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2014
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
64
Number
1
Pages
77-90
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
Reading disability in children with dyslexia has been proposed to reflect impairment in auditory timing perception. We investigated one aspect of timing perception--temporal grouping--as present in prosodic phrase boundaries of natural speech, in age-matched groups of children, ages 6-8 years, with and without dyslexia. Prosodic phrase boundaries are characterized by temporal grouping of functionally related speech elements and can facilitate syntactic processing of speech. For example, temporary syntactic ambiguities, such as early-closure structures, are processed faster when prosodic phrase boundaries are present. We examined children's prosodic facilitation by measuring their efficiency of sentence processing for temporary syntactic ambiguities spoken with (facilitating) versus without (neutral) prosodic phrase boundaries. Both groups of children benefited similarly from prosodic facilitation, displaying faster reaction times in facilitating compared to neutral prosody. These findings indicate that the use of prosodic phrase boundaries for speech processing is not impaired in children with dyslexia.
Keywords
Auditory Perception/physiology, Case-Control Studies, Child, Dyslexia/physiopathology, Female, Humans, Male, Speech Perception/physiology, Time Perception/physiology
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Web of science
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