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In Chinese children with dyslexia, auditory temporal processing deficits impair reading abilities through two distinct pathways: accuracy mediated by phonological awareness, and reaction time mediated by rapid automatised naming. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.CONFIRMATORY. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.SUPPORTS_CONSENSUS.

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To evaluate the auditory temporal processing deficit hypothesis in Chinese children with developmental dyslexia and examine whether phonological awareness and rapid automatised naming mediate this relationship.

August 30, 2026DyslexiaOpen Access

Understanding Auditory Temporal Processing in Chinese Children With Dyslexia: The Mediating Effect of Phonological Awareness and Rapid Automatised Naming

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JWJingze WangUniversity of Macau JLJia LongShanghai Business School JLJunjun LiOsaka Gakuin University

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Comparative study demonstrates auditory temporal deficits impair reading via phonological awareness and naming speed in dyslexic children, supporting temporal processing models in logographic scripts.

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To evaluate the auditory temporal processing deficit hypothesis in Chinese children with developmental dyslexia and examine whether phonological awareness and rapid automatised naming mediate this relationship.
Recruited 32 children with developmental dyslexia and 34 typically developing children in grades 2 and 3.
Administered nonverbal and verbal auditory temporal order judgement (ATOJ) tasks along with reading and cognitive measures.
Conducted structural equation modelling to assess mediation paths linking auditory temporal processing to reading ability.
Children with dyslexia exhibited significantly lower ATOJ performance across both verbal and nonverbal conditions relative to controls.
ATOJ accuracy exerted an indirect effect on reading abilities via phonological awareness.
ATOJ reaction time influenced reading performance indirectly through rapid automatised naming.

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Wang et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a93f0c06c1a8fb52e79d2e1 https://doi.org/10.1002/dys.70045

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Understanding Auditory Temporal Processing in Chinese Children With Dyslexia: The Mediating Effect of Phonological Awareness and Rapid Automatised Naming

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