Table 3.

Characteristics of the four groups of participants regarding their phonological skills

Phonological skills	Dyslexic group		Control group		P
	M(SD)	Range	M(SD)	Range
Children (n = 20)
Pseudoword repetition	n = 8		n = 10
Accuracy (%)	78.6(6.7)	66.6–87.5	85.0(7.9)	70.8–100	<0.005
Number of phonemic errors	6.5(2.2)	3–10	4.9(3.9)	0–13	0.05
Phonemic deletion	n = 9		n = 9
Total accuracy (%)	78.7(23.6)	25–100	91.1(8.9)	83.3–100	n.s.
Number of deletion errors	3.7(4.8)	0–13	1.7(2.0)	0–7	0.23
Number of errors out of deletion site	2.8(3.6)	0–12	1.1(1.2)	0–3	0.14
Adults (n = 22)
Pseudoword repetition	n = 9		n = 11
Accuracy (/40)	79.1(9.0)	66.6–91.6	91.8 (5.7)	79–100	<0.005
Number of phonemic errors	5.8(2.0)	2‐9	2.4(2.2)	0–7	<0.05
Phonemic deletion	n = 11		n = 11
Total accuracy (%)	82.9(15.2)	41.6‐100	90.9(13.6)	62.5–100	n.s
Number of deletion errors	3.1(3.1)	0–12	2.2(3.2)	0–9	0.23
Number of errors out of deletion site	2.2(2.2)	0–8	0.4(0.9)	0–3	0.14

The P‐value of the dyslexics vs. control comparison is provided in the last column. n = number of participants that took part in the task.