Table 2.

Correlations (Spearman's) between psychoacoustic thresholds and reading scores

Task	Word-Rd	N-Word-Rd	Word-SP	Word-M
GAP-DET
Control	−0.19	0.01	0.43	−0.27
CHRD	−0.05	−0.01	−0.02	−0.12
FR-DIS
Control	−0.48∗	−0.49∗	−0.68∗∗	−0.22
CHRD	−0.36∗	−0.30	−0.23	−0.39
FR-BM
Control	−0.67∗∗	−0.54∗	−0.64∗∗	−0.35
CHRD	−0.36∗	−0.25	−0.18	−0.32
2-TON-ID
Control	−0.63∗∗	−0.70∗∗	−0.65∗∗	−0.39
CHRD	−0.44∗∗	−0.41∗	−0.31	−0.48∗
3-TON-ID
Control	−0.40	−0.59∗∗	−0.65∗∗	−0.39
CHRD	−0.36∗	−0.39∗	−0.15	−0.63∗∗
FOR-DIS
Control	−0.58	−0.34	−0.43	−0.30
CHRD	−0.39	−0.32	−0.20	−0.31
LOU-DIS
Control	−0.45	−0.49	−0.27	−0.38
CHRD	−0.13	−0.21	−0.23	−0.20
INT-DIS
Control	−0.41	−0.34	−0.57∗	−0.35
CHRD	−0.30	−0.34	−0.44	−0.29

Word-Rd, word reading; N-Word-Rd, nonword reading; Word-SP, word spelling; Word-M, word memory; GAP-DET, gap detection; FR-DIS, frequency discrimination; FR-BM, frequency discrimination under backward masking; 2-TON-ID, two-tone identification; 3-TON-ID, three-tone identification; FOR-DIS, formant discrimination; LOU-DIS, loudness discrimination; INT-DIS, interval discrimination. ∗, P < 0.01; ∗∗, P < 0.001.