The role of output speech in literacy acquisition: Evidence from congenital anarthria |
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| Authors: | Cossu Giuseppe |
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| Institution: | (1) Istituto di Fisiologia Umana, University of Parma, Italy |
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| Abstract: | A case study of literacy acquisition in acongenitally speechless child (SM) isreported. In spite of a complete oral apraxia(due to bilateral focal brain damage), SMdeveloped normal intelligence and acquired complete mastery of reading and writing skills.Furthermore, both his verbal memory andmetaphonological skills were surprisinglypreserved. However, he showed a relativeimpairment in writing non-words. Theimplications of these findings for thedevelopmental interactions between language andliteracy are discussed. |
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| Keywords: | Brain and reading Congenital anarthria Operculum syndrome Reading and writing acquisition |
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