Rhythm reproduction in kindergarten, reading performance at second grade, and developmental dyslexia theories.

Temporal processing deficit could be associated with a specific difficulty in learning to read. In 1951, Stambak provided preliminary evidence that children with dyslexia performed less well than good readers in reproduction of 21 rhythmic patterns. Stambak's task was administered to 1,028 French children aged 5-6 years.

[Behavior difficulties, attention difficulties and learning problems in children aged from 3.5 to 8 years: a longitudinal school study].

Aim: To evaluate the long term impact of teacher's report of behavior difficulties in children aged 3.5 years.

Method: Teachers assessed behavior and attention difficulties in 2054 children by questionnaire; reading performance, and behavior and attention difficulties were re-assessed in 695 of these children at second grade (7-8 years).

[Language and behavioral difficulties at age 3 and half and reading delay in grade 2].

Background: Early detection of specific language impairment and dyslexia in children is an important public health problem. Longitudinal studies are needed for the distinction of real impairments from simple transitory delays.

Methods: Teachers filled a 29-item questionnaire on language and behavior for 695 children aged 3.

[Screening by teachers for language and behavior difficulties in 2059 children aged 3,5 years].

Background: Several tools have been proposed for screening for specific language impairment and behavioral problems in pre-school children. These disorders are risk factors for later poor school achievement and social life. However, presence of real disorders must be differentiated from environmental factors, such as low educational level of the parents or bilingual family.

[Intrinsic and co-intrinsic vowel characteristics in cerebellar and parkinsonian dysarthrias].

Few studies were made on the intrinsic and co-intrinsic vowel characteristics in neurologic dysarthrias. This work evaluates these parameters in a group of 4 subjects with cerebellar dysarthria suffering from a cerebellar degenerative syndrome and a group of 4 subjects with Parkinson disease suffering from parkinsonian dysarthria. These subjects were compared with 10 control subjects.