Look up: Hyperlexia

1. Hyperlexia
   The precocious ability to read at an early age, coupled with having significant trouble with the spoken word.
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2. Hyperlexia
   Condition in which the main characteristics are an above normal ability to read accompanied with a below normal ability to understand spoken language.
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3. Hyperlexia
   Mechanical reading skills developed in excess of comprehension and verbal expression skills.
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4. Hyperlexia
   Hyperlexia: The presence of advanced ability to read compared to the ability to understand spoken language. Children with hyperlexia have a precocious ability to read words, far above what would be expected at their chronological age or an intense fascination with letters or numbers; significant dif...
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5. hyperlexia
   In retarded children, the presence of relatively advanced reading ability. ... Origin: hyper-+ G. Lexis, word, phrase ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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6. hyperlexia
   Type: Term Pronunciation: hī-pĕr-lek′sē-ă Definitions: 1. Enhanced reading skill; used to describe the trait in patients with various developmental disorders.
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7. Hyperlexia
   , The Difficult Lesson (1884) Hyperlexic children are characterized by having average or above average IQs and word-reading ability well above what would be expected given their age. First named and scientifically described in 1967,--> it can be viewed as a superability in which word recognit...
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