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Defination: A developmental reading disorder is a reading disability that occurs when the brain does not properly recognize and process certain symbols. Always characterized by difficulties in word recognization, spelling, and decoding. It is a linguastic problem and not a visual problem Dyslexia is not a disease and have no relationship with the intelligent.
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Genetic cause Defect in a gene known as DCDC2 Problem in reading performance Acquired dyslexia Brain injuries Trauma stroke Phonological processing ability to see or hear a word, break it down to discrete sounds, and then associate each sound with letter/s that make up the word. Deficit in this ability
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Difficulties in this area such as: Learning to speak Organizing written and spoken language Learning letters and their sounds Memorizing number facts Spelling Reading Learning a foreign language Correctly doing math operations
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There are many test to diagnose the patient with Dyslexia such as: Woodcock-Johnson Psycho-Educational Battery Peabody Individual Achievement Tests-Revised (PIAT) Wechsler Individual Achievement Tests (WIAT) Kaufman Tests of Educational Achievement (KTEA) Bender Gestalt Test of Visual Motor Perception MRI scan Different in size of the area part involving in reading
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Treated through education Sooner is better Drugs use only if : Dyslexia + attention deficit/hyperactive disorder (ADHD)
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