Development of Rapid Temporal Processing and Its Impact on Literacy Skills in Primary School Children. Issue 4 (20th December 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Steinbrink, Claudia; Zimmer, Karin; Lachmann, Thomas; Dirichs, Martin; Kammer, Thomas
• Is Part Of: Child development. Volume 85:Issue 4(2014)
• Page Start: 1711
• Page End: 1726
• Publication Date: 2013-12-20
• Subjects: Child development -- Periodicals; Child psychology -- Periodicals; Child Development -- Periodicals; Child Development; Pediatrics -- Periodicals; Pedicatrics; 305.231
• DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12208
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0009-3920

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" id="cdev12208-abs-0001"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p>In a longitudinal study, auditory and visual temporal order thresholds (TOTs) were investigated in primary school children (<italic>N</italic> = 236; mean age at first data point = 6;7) at the beginning of Grade 1 and the end of Grade 2 to test whether rapid temporal processing abilities predict reading and spelling at the end of Grades 1 and 2. Auditory and visual TOTs differed but showed comparable developmental trajectories over 20 months. Visual TOTs were not predictive of literacy measures; auditory TOTs in Grade 1 were the best predictor. Interestingly, they were related to spelling in Grade 2 while auditory TOTs in Grade 2 were not, suggesting that rapid auditory processing abilities have a causal influence on literacy development.</p> </abstract>