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https://doi.org/10.4151/S0718-09342025011701060Abstract
The syllabic frequency inhibition effect (SFIE) in the reading of Spanish words is widely proven and documented, especially in Spanish-speaking adults. The present study focused on this effect in profoundly deaf schoolchildren. The sample consisted of 32 prelinguistically deaf schoolchildren with an average of 96.5 dB of hearing loss with an average age of 14.2 years (SD: 2.1) and a reading level of 10.2 years (SD: 1.1). There were three control groups: schoolchildren with the same reading level as the experimental group, schoolchildren with the same chronological age as the experimental group, and a group of adults. The results of the two lexical decision experiments (experiment 1: yes/no, experiment 2: go/no-go) showed positive evidence that profoundly deaf schoolchildren use the syllable in written word processing and that the effect was inhibitory. Also, they showed much more errors in the tasks in relation to the hearing participants. The results are discussed regarding syllabic processing and its relationship with orthographic and phonological processing of profoundly deaf people.
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