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byslexia or dyslexia?
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- Children
Dr. P. Tallal
found "that reading disabled children have a domain-general deficit
in processing rapidly occurring auditory stimuli that degrades speech
perception, thereby limiting phonologic awareness and thus reading
acquisition." (www.webspirs.edu.htm)
She is pretty much saying that it takes awhile for children to process
reading writing and spelling because they are components of speech.
A senior author Michael Merzenich and several colleagues created a "computer training program" for children to interpret words and sounds that are coming at them quickly, which enables them to practice distinguishing the difference in each one. This stimulation was used to restore the part of the brain that helps the brain to process information at high speeds. After a month of working on the computer, most of the children have "improved by one or two levels in their language abilities." (www.ucsf.edu/today/)