Do You Subvocalize While Reading?

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I'm curious to know if there is any relationship between ASD's and Subvocalization, which is the process of internal speech made when reading words. See the link for more information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subvocalization

When I read, I move my lips, as well as mouth and vocal cords, and sometimes nearly even speak aloud. I notice that I comprehend far less of what I read when I try to not subvocalize, like when I am in a public place and do not want to attract attention.

I'm not saying that subvocalization is a trait of autism, or that all autistics subvocalize...
It's just an isolated neurological trait that I thought would be worth our investigation.

Is this a noticeable thing for you? Do you find that subvocalization helps you with reading?

Thanks for your replies!

I don't subvocalise while I am reading.

I don't. Although I read very well, I can barely read aloud. If required, I tend to trip all over the words. Buy silently, no problems, and I'm fast.

I move my tongue while reading, I get totally lost and can't comprehend the text if I don't.

Also when I play a memorized piece of music in my head, I click my tongue on each note. If I stop clicking my tongue I quickly find myself breathing in the rhythm instead.

Hey cool I hadn't heard the word "subvocalize" before but yes, I do it.

Nope, don't do it while reading, though I will sometimes talk to the characters out loud - "you idiot!" "that's so cool" etc..

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Move my lips like I am speaking.

I don't do this.

When I read I can hear the words in my head. It sounds strange, but I don't know how else to describe it. I move my lips along with the words when it gets difficult to read, to imagine how the word or phrase should be said.

No way. I read too fast for that, and anyway, my concept of a word is its written form primarily, not necessarily its spoken form. (Mispronunciation is easy that way; misspelling only happens if I've seen the word spelled the wrong way too many times! Hyperlexia ftw )

I tend to think of the way words sound when writing, but I don't actually make any movements. That makes sense; writing is outward bound communication, just like speech, so it makes sense that writing a word would trigger thinking of the sounds associated with it.

I also think of sounds while reading poetry; the sound of poetry is part of the way it's supposed to come across, so to get the sound of it you have to think of how it would be read out loud.

I do, yes. Especially if I am having a hard time focusing.

If there are no destractions, I may or may not move anything.. if there are mild destractions, I may move my lips/tongue/vocal chords.. if there are severe destractions I may cover my ears and peripheral vision and read outloud quietly to myself.

As I re-read this post to myself, I caught myself moving my tongue in a manner imperceptible to observers.

I read "aloud" inside my head. I don't know if this has a word.

Oh, interesting.

I know exactly how lots of words are spelled, but I only know how to pronounce a few of those I know.

The younger I was, the worse my speech was in that aspect. I couldn't pronounce pronounce correctly and didn't know how to say necessity or reluctantly... though I knew how to spell each of them.

There are still so many words I use in writing without giving it another thought, but I'd never voluntarily use these when talking because I don't know how to pronounce them.

That´s a good way of describing it; that´s what I do too.

I do notice though, that if I´m having a particular difficulty understanding a certain passage, I start to mouth the words, or even to whisper them. This seems to help me a lot with comprehension....not sure why.

sometimes, especially if i'm very tired. i think i did it a lot when in grade school, but it's been a long time

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I thought everyone did this. Perhaps it is related to synethesia, or has soem sort of technical name that I am not aware of.