Spoken word recognition deficit

What it means

Reduced ability of lexical discrimination, which refers to the process of distinguishing a stimulus word from other phonologically similar words. Lexical discrimination can be defined as the process of correctly identifying words in the mental lexicon to match the phonological input of a stimulus.

Rare diseases that can present with this4

The range is how often this sign appears among people diagnosed with each disease — it is not a probability of having any of them. Many of these signs also occur in common, non-rare conditions. A sign on this page is a conversation to have with a clinician, not a conclusion.

Part of the broader category