Relations Between Auditory Abilities and Reading Abilities
This article reports an exploratory study which is an attempt to relate reading disabili ties to auditory defects. It presents the hypoth esis that in addition to peripheral defects of the nervous system, particular individuals of nor mal inteUigence and apparent normal hearing may have some central defect of the nervous system which prevents or impedes learning to read by certain of the present-day methods of teaching reading. It also represents an attempt to show why evidence concerning the probable relation be tween reading and other variables is often neg ative or appears contradictory.