Hyperlexia Phyllis Kupperman Sally Bligh Kathy Barouski Center for Speech and Language Disorders 479 Spring Rd., Elmhurst. II. 60126 (630)530-8551 Chapter I: What is Hyperlexia? An unusual group of language disordered children with precocious reading abilities is beginning to be Identified by speech and language pathologists, psychologists, and special educators. They are being called hyperlexic..