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Childhood Dyslexia – More Needed To Be Done

Even though there has considerable progress in the scientific understanding and medical treatments for dyslexia over the past five years, a study published Online First in The Lancet states that a significant amount of research still needs to be conduc…

Listen Up: Abnormality In Auditory Processing Underlies Dyslexia

People with dyslexia often struggle with the ability to accurately decode and identify what they read. Although disrupted processing of speech sounds has been implicated in the underlying pathology of dyslexia, the basis of this disruption and how it i…

Background Noise Levels Affect Dyslexic Adults

Dyslexia affects up to 17.5% of the population, but its cause remains somewhat unknown. A report published in the online journal PLoS ONE supports the hypothesis that the symptoms of dyslexia, including difficulties in reading, are at least partly due …

Phonological Impairment May Be Causing Dyslexia: MIT Study

New research shows dyslexia involves difficulty processing language sounds in dyslexic brains, or is being called “phonological impairment.” When people recognize voices, part of what helps make voice recognition accurate is noticing how people pronou…

Dyslexia Involves Difficulty Processing Language Sounds In Dyslexic Brains

When people recognize voices, part of what helps make voice recognition accurate is noticing how people pronounce words differently. But individuals with dyslexia don’t experience this familiar language advantage, say researchers. The likely reason: “p…