What is it?
phonological input lexicon is the store of words that have been heard
orthographic input lexicon - store of words that have been read.
How is it tested?
lexical decision test. This involves deciding whether an input is a real or non-word.
What are they bad at?
access to semantics should be impaired
performance on spoken words and semantic judgments
What are they good at?
minimal pairs
repetition without understanding by the sub-lexical process
normal non-verbal sound recognition
Published test
PALPA 5 considers the imaginability and frequency of words as a measure of difficulty
diagnostic term.
word-form deafness