Temporal processing ability in above average and average readers

The reading ability of good and poor temporal processors among a group of college students

“…Moreover, dyslexia may represent the lower end of a continuum of reading ability, since better temporal skills are associated with better reading skills in both normal and disabled readers (Au & Lovegrove, 2001b;Witton et al, 1998). Our results fit with the latter studies because these studies also isolated auditory temporal processing and showed that it had a larger impact on reading than visual temporal processing.…”

Sequential Versus Simultaneous Processing Deficits in Developmental Dyslexia

“…It follows that auditory rapid sequential deficits may not be a condition sufficient and necessary to observe dyslexia. Nevertheless, available data suggests that such rapid sequential auditory processing plays a role in normal reading (Au & Lovegrove, 2001a, 2001b and phonological development (Walker, Hall, Klein, & Phillips, 2006). It has also been suggested that the phoneme processing difficulties of dyslexic participants could well be part of a more general, amodal, rapid sequential processing deficit (the "rate processing deficit" hypothesis) by introducing the hypothesis of a similar impairment in the visual modality.…”

“…However, the link between visual transient processing and reading was not always established in skilled readers (e.g., Au & Lovegrove, 2001a In the auditory modality, a transient processing deficit has also been reported with experimental paradigms similar to the ones used in the visual modality, such as silent gap detection or segregation tasks (when participants have to detect a silence inserted within an auditory stimulus: Helenius, Salmelin, Service, & Connolly, 1999), the apparent movement task (when auditory tones moves from one hear to the other: Hari & Kiesilä, 1996 but see Kronbichler, Hutzler, & Wimmer, 2002), or pitch and amplitude modulation discrimination tasks (when auditory stimuli progressively change in loudness or pitch: Witton, Stein, Stoodley, Rosner, & Talcott, 2002). Phonological skills (Talcott et al, 2000, but see Kidd & Hogben, 2007) and pseudo word reading (Au & Lovegrove, 2001a, 2001bWalker et al, 2006;Witton et al, 2002) performance has further been linked to auditory transient (i.e., magnocellular) performance. Some data further suggests a potential causal link between auditory transient processing and phonological skills (Schäffler, Sonntag, Hartnegg, & Fischer, 2004).…”

Temporal order and processing acuity of visual, auditory, and tactile perception in developmentally dyslexic young adults

“…A similar overlap has also been reported for children with specific language impairment (SLI ) and normal language development (Bishop, Carlyon, Deeks, & Bishop, 1999). Moreover, reported correlations between temporal acuity and language processing or reading are not perfect (Ahissar, Protopapas, Reid, & Merzenich, 2000;Au & Lovegrove, 2001;Brannan & Williams, 1988;Farmer & Klein, 1993;Kinsbourne et al, 1991;Tallal, 1980). Therefore, poor temporal acuity alone has not been shown to be sufficient for predicting dyslexia in an individual.…”