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Magnocellular visual function in developmental dyslexia: deficit in frequency-d...
Vilhena,Douglas de Araújo; Guimarães,Márcia Reis; Guimarães,Ricardo Queiroz; Pinheiro,Ângela Maria VieiraABSTRACT Purpose: This study aimed to verify if patients with developmental dyslexia present deficits coherent with visual magnocellular dysfunction. Methods: Participants with confirmed diagnosis of developmental dyslexia (n=62; age range=8-25 years; mean age=13.8 years, standard deviation=3.9; 77% male) were compared to a control group with normal development, matched for age, sex, ocular dominance, visual ac...
Effect of spectral overlays on visual parameters and reading ability: an integr...
Vilhena,Douglas de Araújo; Guimarães,Márcia Reis; Guimarães,Ricardo Queiroz; Pinheiro,Ângela Maria VieiraABSTRACT Purpose: to provide an integrative review of indexed articles published from 2009 to 2019 on the effect of spectral overlays on visual parameters and reading ability. Methods: keywords were used to search seven databases. Duplicate entries, reviews, literature reviews, editor's comments, and congress abstracts were excluded, as well as papers that were not relevant, based on their titles and abstracts....
Reliability, Validity and Standardization of the Reading Test: Sentence Compreh...
Vilhena,Douglas de Araújo; Pinheiro,Ângela Maria VieiraAbstract The test called ‘Reading Test: Sentence Comprehension (TELCS)’ has been validated and standardized. Participants (N = 1289, 2nd to 5th grade, 7 to 11-years-old) were stratified in 15 state-schools in Brazil. The TELCS demonstrated reliability and validity to classify reading performance by both school grade and chronological age. Correlations between the TELCS and a General Reading Composite score were...
Association between auditory temporal and visual processing in reading skill
Garcia,Ana Carla Oliveira; Vilhena,Douglas de Araújo; Guimarães,Márcia Reis; Pinheiro,Ângela Maria Vieira; Momensohn-Santos,Teresa MariaABSTRACT Purpose: to verify whether students screened with altered auditory temporal processing are more likely to present altered visual processing. Methods: the sample consisted of 68 children, aged from 9 to 12 years, 53% males, from the 5th and 6th grades of a public school. All children with alterations in the audiological or ophthalmological evaluation were excluded. The Duration Pattern Test (screening f...
PROLEC-T – Prova de Compreensão de Texto: Análise de suas Características Psico...
Pinheiro,Ângela Maria Vieira; Vilhena,Douglas de Araújo; Santos,Marcos Antônio da CunhaResumo A Prova de Compreensão de Texto da Bateria PROLEC (PROLEC-T), amplamente utilizada no Brasil, apresenta amostra limitada e apenas análises descritivas dos escores. Objetivos: conhecer a estrutura interna (adequação dos itens via Teoria de Resposta ao Item) e os índices de validade externa (concorrente) da referida prova. Método: estudo das respostas de 457 alunos (49,7% meninos) do 2º ao 5º ano, aleatori...