Differences in how people process sounds might be one cause of this learning disability, study suggests.

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Problems in how people with dyslexia process the sounds they hear may be at the heart of this learning disorder, new research suggests.

The study findings, published in the Dec. 22 issue of the journalNeuron, may one day lead to better therapies for children and adults who are diagnosed with this common yet still ultimately mysterious condition.

And different people with dyslexia may have differences in brain-processing patterns, which could help distinguish subtypes of the disorder.

Dyslexia affects about 5 percent of school-aged children.

Although we “typically think of dyslexia as an impairment of reading or the printed word, previous research has suggested that there’s an auditory-processing component. . . It’s not just the printed word but also auditory,” said Dr. Andrew Adesman, who was not involved with the study but is familiar with the findings.

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Specialist teacher training support for dyslexic pupils

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Here’s a fact you probably don’t know… one in 10 of us has some form of dyslexia.

“The condition stays with people for life. Some people can accommodate it to an extent, others find it more difficult.

“Like colour blindness, it is a condition that is hidden and sometimes not even recognised.”

“Many thousands of children across the whole ability range are not getting the help they need and are not even being diagnosed, because of the lack of specific training for teachers,”

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Getting past the barrier of disability in training

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ONE thing that Chris Quickfall has learned in his time is that, when you’re training someone with a disability, the disability shouldn’t dominate the process.

Quickfall set up Invate in 2006, not long after he was diagnosed with dyslexia, in a bid to offer technologies to help disabled people in education and employment.

“It’s one of the largest assistive technology companies in the North East now”, he said. “But this stuff isn’t a magic box. Training is the key to unlocking the technology.

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Pollution plays a role in autism and dyslexia, say Israeli and foreign scientists

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Growing evidence suggests pollution plays a significant role in developmental problems among children, including autism, attention deficit disorder and even dyslexia, it was revealed at a conference on the subject in Israel Wednesday.

These conclusions emerged from presentations by Israeli and foreign scientists at a conference on the relationship between pollution and children’s health problems. The conference, sponsored by the Environment and Health Fund, was part of the annual convention of the Israel Ambulatory Pediatric Association.

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Color-Filtering Lenses: Better Reading for Dyslexics?

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Specially tinted lenses originally developed for color blindness are helping some U.S. dyslexics read faster and see words more clearly, confirming the claims of the lenses’ British inventor and the company that started selling them here in September.

As soon as Max Klinger, a Miami first-grader recently diagnosed with dyslexia, got glasses with the special lenses, “all he wanted to do is read,” his mother Michelle Klinger said. “He told me the letters stopped moving; they stopped popping out for him. He went from a child who hated reading to asking, ‘Can we go buy chapter books?'”

Although Max, 6, has worn the lenses only a month, “I see a huge difference,” his mother said Tuesday. “His behavior is completely different. I see a confident child, excited to go to school, excited to read. I attribute it to the glasses. That’s the only change we’ve made.”

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