Dyslexic Readers Improve without Training When Using a Computer-Guided Reading Strategy
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experiment 1
2.1. Materials and Methods
2.1.1. Patients
2.1.2. Methods
2.2. Results
3. Experiment 2: Immediate Improvement in Reading Ability after Changing the Reading Strategy
3.1. Materials and Methods
3.1.1. Children with Dyslexia
3.1.2. Procedure
3.1.3. Statistics
3.2. Results
4. Discussion
4.1. The Role of Eye Movements in Dyslexia
4.2. Does Slow Reading Improve Reading Performance?
5. Conclusions and Outlook for Future Research
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Fixation Time Milliseconds | Number of Letters Recognized | |||
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3 Letters | 4 Letters | 5 Letters | 6 Letters | |
Number of Subjects Who Recognized > 95% of the Pseudowords Correctly | ||||
250 ms | TG: 3 CG: 3 | TG: 2 CG: 3 | TG: 3 CG: 4 | TG: 2 CG: 1 |
300 ms | TG: 2 CG: 3 | TG: 1 CG: 1 | TG: 3 CG: 2 | |
350 ms | TG: 1 CG: 2 | TG: 3 CG: 2 | TG: 1 CG: 1 | |
400 ms | TG: 1 CG: 1 | TG: 1 CG: 1 | TG: 1 CG: | TG: 1 CG: 1 |
450 ms | TG: 1 CG: | TG: CG: 1 | TG: CG: | |
500 ms | TG: 1 CG: 1 | TG: 2 CG: 1 | TG: 1 CG: 2 | |
∑ Subjects | TG: 9 CG: 10 | TG: 9 CG: 9 | TG: 9 CG: 9 | TG: 3 CG:2 |
Speech Onset Latency | X = 1456.45 ms SD = 473.08 ms | X = 1404.84 ms SD = 705.60 ms | X = 1466.39 ms SD = 562.96 ms | X = 1393.86 ms SD = 484.52 ms |
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