The Association of Rapid Temporal Perception With Orthographic and Phonological Processing in Children and Adults With Reading Impairment

y ability in children are primarily associated with problems in phonological processing, whereas deficits in rapid visual ability in children are primar- ily associated with problems in orthographic processing (Farmer & Klein, 1995). In contrast to the children, the adults showed a strong relation between rapid auditory ability and both orthographic and phonological processing. These results suggest that continued deficits in auditory ability may have a pervasive and negative impact on word processing in general. In addition, adults did not exhibit a relation between rapid visual ability and orthographic-processing problems. Orthographic-processing deficits may Requests for reprints should be sent to James R. Booth, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Northwestern University, 2299 North Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208-3560. E-mail: j-booth@nwu.edu ORTHOGRAPHIC AND PHONOLOGICAL PROCESSING 103 102 BOOTH ET AL.<F11.86