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The article I chose to review was Learning Disability Subtypes: Classification of High Functioning Hyperlexia and the author's were Lynn C. Richman and Kevin M. Wood. The study in this journal article examines children with hyperlexic reading patterns and average intelligence to determine if established learning disability subtypes could be applied to children with hyperlexia. Hyperlexia is the precocious ability to read words, usually takes place before the age of five, without any prior formal training in learning to read. There has been many studies in the past relating to hyperlexia, the purpose of this study was to examine patte