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Accounts of Oral Reading in Deep Dyslexia

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Phonological Processes and Brain Mechanisms

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Brain damage may give rise to a wide variety of reading disorders in previously literate, adult patients (Coltheart, 1981b, 1985; Marshall and Newcombe, 1973; Patterson, 1981; Shallice, 1981). The detailed analysis of such cases of acquired dyslexia is proving to be immensely useful in both developing and evaluating psychological theories of the normal reading process. In this chapter, we shall do three main things. First, we report an intensive investigation of a single case demonstrating a particular form of acquired dyslexia, which, following Marshall and Newcombe (1973), is usually described as “deep” dyslexia. Second, we critically examine a number of central issues is contemporary discussions of deep dyslexia, and examine the relevance of our empirical findings to these issues. Third, we discuss and attempt to evaluate current theoretical accounts of the oral reading of deep dyslexic patients.

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Barry, C., Richardson, J.T.E. (1988). Accounts of Oral Reading in Deep Dyslexia. In: Whitaker, H.A. (eds) Phonological Processes and Brain Mechanisms. Springer Series in Neuropsychology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-7581-8_5

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