Allophonic perception of VOT contrasts in Spanish children with dyslexia

Abstract

Developmental dyslexia is a disorder in which the ability to decipher written language is impaired despite the absence of other cognitive or sensory impairments (Peterson & Pennington, 2012). Dyslexia has a genetic basis, but the epigenetic factors that determine its expression remain under investigation. Various factors have been suspected to cause dyslexia, and most of these factors are related to deficits in one of the three components of written language: phonology, visual information, and phonovisual information (Serniclaes