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July 15, 2026Dyslexia

The Severity of Phonological Deficit as a Determinant of Dyslexia Compensation in Adulthood

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AMAna Pellicer MagranerMZMiriam Zarzo-BenllochAFAmparo Ygual Fernández

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Overview

Examines how phonological deficits influence reading skills in adults with dyslexia, suggesting a need for targeted interventions.

Key Points

  • This study aims to identify cognitive characteristics that differentiate compensated from non-compensated dyslexia in adults.
  • Involved 101 adults: 30 typical readers, 21 with compensated dyslexia, and 50 with non-compensated dyslexia.
  • Utilized cognitive and linguistic tests to evaluate various reading and cognitive abilities.
  • Assessed differences in phonological awareness, reading frequency, and technical text reading across groups.
  • The compensated dyslexia group showed similar performance to typical readers in semantic verbal fluency and vocabulary.
  • Significant differences were observed in phonological awareness and low-frequency word reading between the groups.
  • Performance on phonological tasks predicted speed in reading for the compensated group.

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Magraner et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a57229088b21df87547f934https://doi.org/10.1002/dys.70041
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