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Hall, Ewing, Tinzmann, and Wilson (1981) presented findings that are claimed to disconfirm the hypothesis that young children who are poor readers make less effective use of phonetic coding in short-term memory than do those who are good readers. The counterevidence they present does not stand up to scrutiny.
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The authors’ research is supported by a grant to Haskins Laboratories from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NIH HD 01994).
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Shankweiler, D., Liberman, I.Y. & Mark, L.S. Phonetic coding in dyslexics and normal readers, by Hall, Ewing, Tinzmann, and Wilson: A reply. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 19, 78–79 (1982). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03330045
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