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DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM AND METHOD FORPHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS,PHONOLOGICAL PROCESSING, ANDREADING SKILL TESTINGJanet Marie Wasowicz,Evanston, IL

Arthur C. MaerlenderUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln, amaerlender2@unl.edu

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Wasowicz,, Janet Marie and Maerlender, Arthur C., "DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PHONOLOGICALAWARENESS, PHONOLOGICAL PROCESSING, AND READING SKILL TESTING" (2001). Faculty Publications, Department ofPsychology. 646.http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/psychfacpub/646

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(54) DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS, PHONOLOGICAL PROCESSING, AND READING SKILL TESTING

(75) Inventors: Janet Marie Wasowicz, Evanston, IL (US); Art Car] Maerlender, Jericho, VT (US)

(73) Assignee: Cognitive Concepts, Inc., Evanston, IL (Us)

( * ) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this patent is extended or adjusted under 35 U.S.C. 154(b) by 0 days.

(21) Appl. No.: 09/350,791

(22) Filed: Jul. 9, 1999

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Primary Examiner—Valencia Martin-Wallace Assistant Examiner—Chanda Harris (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Gray, Cary, Ware & Freidenrich

(57) ABSTRACT

A diagnostic system and method for evaluating one or more phonological aWareness, phonological processing and read ing skills of an individual to detect phonological aWareness, phonological processing and reading skill de?ciencies in the individual so that the risk of developing a reading de?ciency is reduced and existing reading de?ciencies are remediated. The system may use graphical games to test the individual’s ability in a plurality of different phonological aWareness, phonological processing and reading skills. The system may use speech recognition technology to interact With the tests.

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