Difficulties in Auditory Analysis and Synthesis

The learning disabled is unable to read unfamiliar words because he/she lacks a structural analytical approach so necessary to this task. Structural analysis requires the identification of morphemes which includes prefixes, suffixes, root words, and the like. Following the identification of these smaller units, they must be blended together as a whole. Critchley observed, the child has a tendency to guess wildly at the word. This is usually done on the basis of the first letter and sometimes on its length.

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