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CLEFT PALATE-CRANIOFACIAL JOURNAL
Volume 42, Issue 5, Pages 565-569Publisher
ALLIANCE COMMUNICATIONS GROUP DIVISION ALLEN PRESS
DOI: 10.1597/04-128R.1
Keywords
dysnomia; language deficit; memory deficit; reading disability; screening
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- NIDCR NIH HHS [DE 13076] Funding Source: Medline
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine different types of short-term memory deficits (visual versus verbal) of children with cleft and to determine what type of memory deficits were associated with reading disorders. Design: The study examined memory and reading in 48 consecutive cases of children with cleft, aged 7 to 9 years. A memory test designed to assess memory modalities (verbal-visual) was administered, along with tests of reading ability. Results: Visual and verbal memory were examined with a one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA). The memory pattern indicated greatest deficit in visual memory. Two subgroups were formed, according to whether or not there was evidence of visual memory impairment. A hit rate predicting reading disability based on group membership was calculated to be 65%. Visual memory was significantly correlated with reading ability (r = .48). Conclusion: A brief visual memory test was almost as good as Full Scale IQ in predicting reading disability.
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