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Speech and language delay could be sign of dyslexia
By Melanie Defries,
Nursery World,
2 April 2008
Children with slow speech and language development may be dyslexic and should have their early literacy progress closely monitored, researchers have recommended.
In a study at York University, 50 children who had a dyslexic parent were monitored at the ages of three, six, eight and 13 years old. At age three, the children were found to be significantly weaker than those in a control group in vocabulary development, expressive language and grammar. By age six, half the children in the at-risk group were falling behind in their literacy development. Dyslexia featured in another study last month at Hull university, which...
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