Table 1.

Performance of the participants, median (standard-deviation) on the screening tests of reading and spelling.

	Developmental dyslexia group N = 33	Control group N = 33	t value, p value
Reading	Median (SD)	Median (SD)
Word identification (/30)	21.48 (9.07)	29.91 (0.29)	t = -6.11, p < 0.00001
Pseudo-word identification (/30)	16.61 (9.39)	29.06 (1.00)	t = -7.58, p < 0.00001
Sentence comprehension (/12)	8.15 (5.00)	11.78 (0.59)	t = -4,14, p < 0.001
Text comprehension (/16)	7.12 (5.97)	14.12 (1.49)	t = -6,55, p < 0.00001
Spelling
Word spelling (/30)	19.64 (6.61)	28.39 (0.56)	t = -7.58, p < 0.00001
Pseudo-word spelling (/10)	5.70 (2.27)	9.45 (0.67)	t = -9.12, p < 0.00001