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Clinical Trial
. 1996 Jan 5;271(5245):77-81.
doi: 10.1126/science.271.5245.77.

Temporal processing deficits of language-learning impaired children ameliorated by training

M M Merzenich  1 , W M Jenkins, P Johnston, C Schreiner, S L Miller, P Tallal
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Clinical Trial

Temporal processing deficits of language-learning impaired children ameliorated by training

M M Merzenich et al. Science. .

Abstract

Children with language-based learning impairments (LLIs) have major deficits in their recognition of some rapidly successive phonetic elements and nonspeech sound stimuli. In the current study, LLI children were engaged in adaptive training exercises mounted as computer "games" designed to drive improvements in their "temporal processing" skills. With 8 to 16 hours of training during a 20-day period, LLI children improved markedly in their abilities to recognize brief and fast sequences of nonspeech and speech stimuli.

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  • Giving language skills a boost.
    Barinaga M. Barinaga M. Science. 1996 Jan 5;271(5245):27-8. doi: 10.1126/science.271.5245.27. Science. 1996. PMID: 8539590 No abstract available.

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