Table 1.

Shows the number of letters, fixation times, and mean speech-onset times of 100 dyslexic children when the number of letters, fixation time, and speech onset-time were altered until at least 95% of the pseudowords were read correctly. Twenty-six percent of the children were only able to read 3 letters simultaneously (second column from left and second row from below). The speech-onset latency in these children was a mean of 1624.09 ms (SD = 893.57 ms) (bottom row). 15 children needed a fixation interval of 250 ms. Four letters were recognized simultaneously by 45 children (second column from left and bottom row). Only 20 children were able to recognize the 4 letters simultaneously in 250 ms (third column from left and second row from above). The mean of the speech-onset latency was 1316.44 ms (SD = 712.14 ms) (third column from left and bottom row). The ability to recognize 5 letters simultaneously was observed in 22 children (forth column from left and second row from below). Only 14 children needed a fixation interval of 250 ms (forth column from left and second row from above). The mean speech-onset latency was 1670.06 ms (SD = 641.83 ms) (forth column from left and bottom row). Only 7 children were able to recognize all the letters in a 6-letter pseudoword simultaneously (fifth column from left and second row from below). Five children needed no more than 250 ms to recognize these pseudowords (fifth column from left and second row from above). Their speech-onset latency was 1658.83 ms (SD = 762.23) (fifth column from left and bottom row)

Length of Recognized Pseudowords (Number of Letters)	3 letters	4 letters	5 letters	6 letters
Number of Patients who Recognized Pseudowords in 250 ms	15	20	14	5
Number of Patients who Recognized Pseudowords in 300 ms	2	0	0	0
Number of Patients who Recognized Pseudowords in 350 ms	0	2	6	0
Number of Patients who Recognized Pseudowords in 400 ms	6	15	1	2
Number of Patients who Recognized Pseudowords in 450 ms	3	7	1	0
Number of Patients who Recognized Pseudowords in 500 ms	0	1	0	0
Σ Number of Patients who Recognized Pseudowords	26	45	22	7
Mean Speech Onset Latency for Recognized Pseudowords	x = 1624.09 ms	x = 1316.44 ms	x = 1670.06 ms	x = 1658.83 ms
	SD = 893.57 ms	SD = 712.14 ms	SD = 641.83 ms	SD = 762.23 ms