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Bilingual effects of unilingual neuropsychological treatment of dyslexic adolescents: A pilot study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2009

E. Jan Kappers  and
Marjolein Dekker
E. Jan Kappers
Affiliation:
Paedologisch Instituut, P.O. Box 303, 1115 ZG Duivendrecht, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Marjolein Dekker
Affiliation:
Paedologisch Instituut, P.O. Box 303, 1115 ZG Duivendrecht, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Abstract

Fourteen young adolescents with specific reading disabilities received short term neuropsychological treatment–specifically left hemisphere (LH) or right hemisphere (RH) stimulation–in a clinical pilot project. The effects on single-word and passage reading were evaluated when the language of treatment was either Dutch (mother tongue) or English (foreign language). Transfer effects across the two languages were also studied. In general, the results indicate that these short term interventions may prove successful for the treated language and with the additional transfer to a second (not treated) language. (JINS, 1995, I, 494–500.)

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DyslexiaTreatmentForeign language

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Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society , Volume 1 , Issue 5 , September 1995 , pp. 494 - 500
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Copyright © The International Neuropsychological Society 1995

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