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Assessment and Skill Remediation of Hyperlexic Children.
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Kistner, Janet; And Others – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1988
Hyperlexic children have superior word recognition skills accompanied by delayed development of cognitive and language abilities. Assessment of four hyperlexic children (ages 5-9) confirmed their superior abilities to retain sound/symbol associations. Written prompts were then effectively used to increase functional speech in one of the subjects.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Developmental Disabilities, Diagnostic Teaching, Educational Diagnosis