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. 2014 Jan 10;9(1):e83668. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083668

Table 1. Participant groups and interventions.

Study RD N CT N Age Intervention Dosage
Simos et al., 2002 8; 6 received Phono-Graphix, 2 received Lindamood Phonemic Sequencing 8 7–17 yrs Phono-Graphix (Read America, Orlando FL) Lindamood Phonemic Sequencing (Lindamood-Bell, San Luis Obispo, CA) 80 hrs: 1-2 hr/day over 8 wk
Aylward et al., 2003 10 11 139.1 (9.8) months, 137.5 (7.9) months Instruction in linguistic awareness, alphabetic principle, fluency, and reading comprehension 28 hrs: 2hr/day over 14 session days (3 wk)
Temple et al., 2003 20 12 8–12 yrs Fast ForWord Language (Scientific Learning Corporation, Oakland, CA) 100 min/day, 5 days/wk, average 27.9 days
Eden et al., 2004 19 total; 9 received intervention 19 adults, RD 44.0 (9.4), CT 41.1 (9.7) Multisensory instruction including sound awareness, letter-sound association, articulatory feedback administered by Lindamood-Bell Learning Corporation staff 3 hr/day, 8 wks, avg 112.5 hr total
Shaywitz et al., 2004 49 total; 37 received experimental intervention, 12 received community intervention 28 6.1 – 9.4 yrs; RD experimental 7.9 (0.5), RD community 8.1 (0.6), CT 8.0 (0.5) Experimental intervention [127] included sound-symbol associations, blending, timed reading for fluency, oral reading, dictation 50 min/day for 8 months
Simos, et al., 2005 16; 13 responders, 3 non-responders 17 5.6–7.2 yrs at baseline (Low risk group 5.6–6.5, High risk group 6.0–7.2) 6.4–8.1 yrs at posttest (Low risk 6.4 – 7.5, High risk group 7.0 – 8.1) Proactive Reading and Responsive Reading [128] 40 min/day, 5 day/wk for 8 months
Richards et al., 2006 18; 8 orthographic treatment, 10 morphological treatment 21 RD 130.8 months, CT 132.6 months Instruction in alphabetic principle, composition, and either orthographic spelling treatment or morphological spelling treatment 28 hr total: 2 hr/day for 14 sessions over 3 wk
Hoeft et al., 2007 64 struggling readers (identified by teachers, many had scores in average range) - 10.0 (1.09) yrs Power4Kids Reading Initiative. Many participants received 1 of 4 interventions, but there was no significant effect of intervention on decoding scores. about 6 months during school year
Richards et al., 2007 20; 11 phonological treatment, 9 nonphonological treatment 10 nonphonological treatment RD phonological 137.7 (10.00) months, RD nonphonological 134.60 (11.10) months, CT 128.60 (8.00) months Phonological treatment included explicit written language instruction using phonological working memory, phoneme-grapheme correspondences in spelling, and science report writing [129]. Nonphonological treatment included nonverbal virtual reality supported science problem solving [130] 24 hrs total—8 sessions over 2 wks with 3 hr/session
Simos, Fletcher, Sarkari, Billingsley-Marshall, et al., 2007 15 - 7–9 years Phono-Graphix [131] and Read Naturally [132] 16 weeks total: 2 hr/day for 8 wks Phono-Graphix, 1 hr/day for 8 wks Read Naturally
Simos, Fletcher, Sarkari, Billingsley, et al., 2007 15; 8 responders, 7 nonresponders (same as Simos, et al., 2007 above) 10 7–9 years Phono-Graphix [131] and Read Naturally [132] 16 weeks total: 2 hr/day for 8 wks Phono-Graphix, 1 hr/day for 8 wks Read Naturally
Meyler et al., 2008 23 (possible overlap with Hoeft, et al., 2007) 12 5th grade Power4Kids project used four programs: Corrective Reading, Wilson Reading, Spell Read Phonological Auditory Training (PAT), Failure Free Reading 100 hrs total over 6 months
Odegard et al., 2008 12 total: 6 responders, 6 nonresponders 6 10 – 14 yrs Take flight: A comprehensive intervention for students with dyslexia [133] 90 min/day, 4 days/wk for 2 school years
Richards & Berninger, 2008 18 (same as Richards et al., 2006) 21 RD 130.8 months, CT 132.6 months Instruction in alphabetic principle, composition, and either orthographic spelling treatment or morphological spelling treatment 28 hrs total—14 sessions over 3 wks with 2hr/session;
Davis et al., 2011 10 total: 5 responders, 5 nonresponders 4 7.5 (0.43) yrs Intervention consisted of sight word reading, letter sound practice, decoding practice, and reading for fluency. 45 min, 3 days/wk, 17 weeks
Farris et al., 2011 10 total: 5 responders, 5 nonresponders (same as Odegard et al., 2008) 5 10 – 14 yrs Take flight: A comprehensive intervention for students with dyslexia [133] 90 min/day, 4 days/wk for 2 years
Hoeft et al., 2011 25 20 RD 14.0 (1.96) CT 11.0 (2.57) This study did not provide an intervention. 11 participants received some form of intervention, but no differences were observed for intervention. -
Rezaie et al., 2011a 20 total: 10 Adequate Responders (AR), 10 Inadequate Responders (IR) 20 Adequate Responders 158±7 months, Inadequate Responders 153±11 months, CT 151±11 months Instruction included word study, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension [134] 45–50 min/day over 1 schoolyear
Rezaie et al., 2011b 27 total: 16 AR, 11 IR (possible overlap with Rezaie, et al., 2011a) 23 Adequate Responders 159±9 months, Inadequate Responders 156±16 months, CT 153±12 months Instruction included word study, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension [134] 45–50 min/day over 1 schoolyear
Yamada et al., 2011 7 (at-risk) 7 (on-track) At-risk 5.6 (0.2) yrs, On-track 5.7 (0.3) yrs Early Reading Intervention [135] 30 min/day, 3 months
Gebauer Fink, Kargl et al., 2012 20 total (poor reading and spelling): 10 Treatment (TG), 10 Waiting Group (WG) 10 10–15 yrs, (M = 11.80; SD = 1.58) Morpheus: a computer-aided morpheme-based spelling training in German [136] Daily handwritten and computer homework, 1/wk instructor-guided courses for 2 hr, over 5 wks.
Bach et al., in press 6 poor readers (group classification made at follow-up) 11 Poor Readers 6.33±0.19 yr, Normal Readers 6.35±0.29 yr Graphogame: a computerized training game teaching grapheme-phoneme correspondences in German [137][139] 321.5±124.3 min over 8 wk