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Beyond the Phonological Deficit Hypothesis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 1998

Philip H. K. Seymour
Philip H. K. Seymour
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 4HN, Scotland
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Abstract

Snowling and Coltheart and Jackson provide an excellent overview of the contemporary cognitive and linguistic approach to the description and definition of dyslexia. Both contributors consider dyslexia to be a disorder of written language. Snowling focuses on the origins of the difficulty in a central ‘phonological deficit’. Coltheart and Jackson emphasise the internal modular structure of the reading and spelling systems, suggesting that different components may be impaired in different individuals, resulting in distinctive (phonological and surface) patterns of dyslexia. Both conclude that future research might focus on implications for effective programmes of treatment.

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Child Psychology and Psychiatry Review , Volume 3 , Issue 1 , February 1998 , pp. 22 - 23
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© 1998 Association for Child Psychology and Psychiatry

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