Table 3.
Phonological skills | Dyslexic group | Control group | P | ||
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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.