Acquired Disorders Of Reading

Question 1

Factors affecting reading processes

Answer 1

Lexicality effect
Regularity effect
Image ability effect

Question 2

Definition of acquired dyslexia

Answer 2

A cluster of disorders of trading that occur subsequent to brain damage, either in progressive or non progressive disorders

Question 3

Peripheral dyslexia

Answer 3

Difficulty perceiving the written word e.g.
Neglect dyslexia Ellis flude Young 1987
Visual errors that occur at the right hand or left hand side of words the area affected is called a neglect point.
E.g. Log left side neglect might be perceived as dog

Question 4

Central dyslexia

Answer 4

3 types
Surface
Deep
Phonological

Question 5

Surface dyslexia - Marshall and Newcombe 1973

Answer 5

Regular words better than irregular-make regularisation errors e.g. Sew▶️Sue
Preserved non word reading

Make visual errors e.g. Subtle to sublet
Errors from misapplication of letter to sound rules e.g. Rage ▶️rag

Question 6

Deep dyslexia Marshall and Newcombe 1973

Answer 6

Defining feature is the occurrence of semantic errors in single word reading e,g, ape▶️monkey
Unable to read non words
High Imageability words are easier
Content words are better

Question 7

Phonological dyslexia

Answer 7

Poor or non existent non word reading and reading of unfamiliar words
They are often read as visually similar words e.g. Soof▶️soot
Good real word reading unaffected by spelling to sound irregularity

Question 8

What happens when you read a word? Whitworth et al 2005

Answer 8

1. Seen word
2. visual orthographic analyses
3. Othographic Input lexicon
4. Semantic system