Phonological mediation of beta/gamma on reading (Jia et al., 2026)

Mediation analysis confirmed that phonological skills partially mediated the relationship between left-hemispheric oscillations and reading accuracy.</p><p dir="ltr"><b>Conclusions: </b>The results provide electrophysiological evidence that Chinese children with dyslexia show reduced left-hemispheric beta/gamma responses and altered hemispheric asymmetry during nonverbal auditory processing. They further suggest that variation in left-hemispheric auditory oscillatory responses may be associated with literacy partly through phonological skills.</p><p dir="ltr"><b>Supplemental Material S1.</b> Auditory steady-state responses obtained in event-related spectral perturbation between 1 and 80 Hz in regions of interest (ROIs) among Between_Left (between-group difference in left ROI), Between_Right (between-group difference in right ROI), Between_LI (between-group lateralization difference), Within_LI_CON (within-group difference in children with control), and Within_LI_DY (within-group difference in children with dyslexia).</p><p dir="ltr">Jia, Y., Zhang, L., Li, Y., & Zhao, J. (2026).

Phonological skills mediate the association between left beta/gamma oscillation and reading ability in Chinese children. <i>Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research</i>. Advance online publication. <a href="doi.org/10.1044/2026_JSLHR-26-00007" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">doi.org/10.1044/2026_JSLHR-26-00007</a></p>