Table 2.
(A) crowding assessment and (B) reading assessment accuracy and latency for FOL/CLA and their matched control groups; highlighted figures indicate where FOL/CLA's performance was poorer than their respective control groups (*=p<0.05;**=p<0.005, ^=p value unavailable using Crawford and Garthwaite (2002) modified t-test ceiling performance in control groups).
| A: Crowding assessment | |||||||||||
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FOL/control raw scores |
CLA/control raw scores |
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| Control group | FOL | Control group | CLA | ||||||||
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Max |
Baseline |
Baseline |
FU1 |
FU2 |
Baseline |
Baseline |
FU1 |
FU2 |
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| Single letter naming | Total | 20 | 20 (100%) | 20 (100%) | 20 (100%) | 20 (100%) | Single letter reading | 20 (100%) | 20 (100%) | 20 (100%) | 20 (100%) |
| RT (s) | 0.48±0.06 | 0.59 | Not recorded | 1.08** | 0.56±0.04 | 0.82** | 0.87** | 3.81** | |||
| Flanked letter identification | Total | 72/48 | 72 (100%) | 72 (100%) | 37/48 (77%)^ | 58 (81%)^ | Flanked letter identification | 72 (100%) | 72 (100%) | 64 (89%)^ | 57 (79%)^ |
| Condensed | Total | 36/24 | 36 (100%) | 36 (100%) | 16/24 (67%)^ | 25 (69%)^ | Condensed | 36 (100%) | 36 (100%) | 29 (81%)^ | 25 (69%)^ |
| Spaced | Total | 36/24 | 36 (100%) | 36 (100%) | 21/24 (88%)^ | 33 (92%)^ | Spaced | 36 (100%) | 36 (100%) | 35 (97%)^ | 32 (89%)^ |
| B: Reading assessment | |||||||||||
| 1. Brown and Ure Words | Total | 72 | 71.8±0.4 (99.7%) | 72 (100%) | 71 (99%) | 71 (99%) | 1. Brown and Ure Words | 72 (100%) | 72 (100%) | 70 (97%)^ | 69 (96%)^ |
| RT (s) | 0.51, SD±0.04 | 0.60 | 1.05** | 1.66** | 0.57,±0.06 | 0.64 | 0.91** | Data missing | |||
| 2. Schonell | Total | 100 | 99±1.0 (99%) | 97 (97%) | 97 (97%) | 92 (92%)** | 2. Schonell | 99±1.2 (99%) | 100 (100%) | 94 (94%)* | 88 (88%)** |
| RT (s) | 0.54±0.07 | 0.72 | 1.04** | 1.58** | 0.60,±0.06 | 0.78* | 0.92** | 6.52** | |||
| 3. Coltheart Words | Total | 78 | 78 (100%) | 77 (99%)^ | 75 (96%)^ | 69 (89%)^ | 3. Coltheart Words | 78 (100%) | 78 (100%) | 72 (92%)^ | 69 (89%)^ |
| Regular | Total | 39 | 39 (100%) | 39 (100%) | 37 (95%)^ | 35 (90%)^ | Regular | 39(100%) | 39 (100%) | 36 (92%)^ | 35 (90%)^ |
| RT (s) | 0.48±0.04 | 0.56 | 0.97** | 1.37** | 0.53±0.05 | 0.91** | 0.88** | 6.62** | |||
| Irregular | Total | 39 | 39 (100%) | 38 (97%)^ | 38 (97%)^ | 34 (87%)^ | Irregular | 39 (100%) | 39 (100%) | 36 (92%)^ | 34 (87%)^ |
| RT (s) | 0.51±0.05 | 0.59 | 1.15** | 1.51** | 0.55±0.05 | 1.1** | 1.1** | 7.87** | |||