Want more insight into the complex relationship between SSDs, phonological awareness, perception/hearing, and reading disorders? Check out these new tidbits:

On risk factors:

• Jin et al. found that poor speech intelligibility in preschool was linked to literacy problems at age 8 — which we already knew, of course. However, this risk was higher for children with a family history of reading and/or language difficulties, children of mothers with lower levels of education, and for female children. When planning early intervention and assessment, it is vital that SLPs take into account…