Abstract
The ability to discriminate short temporal intervals was examined in a dyslexic adult (E.C.) and six matched controls. Listeners had to decide whether the second interval was shorter or longer than a standard (target) interval. Each interval was defined as the silent duration between two successive brief tones. Eight target intervals were used, ranging from 100 to 1,200 ms in duration. At each target interval, the differential threshold (DL) for duration was assessed, with the use of an adaptive psychophysical procedure. The results show that E.C.'s differential threshold values were much larger than those of controls. Moreover, the slope estimates covering the duration range from 100 to 800 ms indicated that in comparison to controls, E.C.'s differential threshold increased dramatically as the target duration increased. Thus her timing impairment becomes more pronounced with increasing duration. This timing deficit is consistent with other studies that have found temporal processing deficits associated with dyslexia.
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