This study investigates the relationship between reading and psycholinguistic abilities in a prison inmate population as measured by the Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities (ITPA). It was found that the auditory subtests of the ITPA were significantly related to reading ability, while the visual Subtests were not.
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