Title
Speech repetition abilities in children who differ in reading skill
Document Type
Article
Date of Original Version
1-1-1989
Abstract
A previous study (Brady, Shankweiler, and Mann, 1983) demonstrated inferior speech repetition abilities for poor readers with degraded stimuli. The present study, in contrast, used clear listening conditions. Third-grade average and below-average readers were tested on a word repetition task with monosyllabic, multisyllabic, and pseudoword stimuli. No group differences were obtained on speed of responding, and the lack of reaction time differences between reading groups was corroborated on a control task which measured verbal response time to nonspeech stimuli. However, below average readers were significantly less accurate at repeating the multisyllabic and pseudoword stimuli. This evidence is compatible with the hypothesis that encoding difficulties contribute to the memory deficits characteristic of poor readers. © 1989, SAGE Publications. All rights reserved.
Publication Title, e.g., Journal
Language and Speech
Volume
32
Issue
2
Citation/Publisher Attribution
Brady, Susan, Erika Poggie, and Michele M. Rapala. "Speech repetition abilities in children who differ in reading skill." Language and Speech 32, 2 (1989): 109-122. doi: 10.1177/002383098903200202.