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Symptoms, remedies
Dr Jithin T Joseph, Infoclinic
MARCH 06, 2019 05:28 PM IST
What is dyslexia?
Problems like poor eye sight or hearing disabilities, which are likely to
affect the academic performances of the students, are not usually found
in dyslexic students. Children, who don’t seem to suffer from
noticeable physical disabilities, may get noticed when they display poor
skills in reading and writing. Teachers and parents are often misled by
their poor classroom performance to believe that such children lack the
intelligence that is expected of their age level.
Causes
The superior temporal gyrus on top of the temporal lobe of the human
brains enables the handling of language, including speech and writing.
This part of the brain helps see and recognize language, process the
words, recognize different sounds that make up a word, spell it and
then present the meaning of it in its fullest sense. The medical science
explains dyslexia as caused by irregularities in the development of the
superior temporal gyrus. These are also linked to the unique features of
the genes and thus dyslexia tends to run in the family. Besides, there
are some other reasons that cause dyslexia. They are:
» Pre-mature birth
» Dif culty in using language - slow learning of new words, dif culty in
pronouncing certain words or sounds.
Some teachers and parents falsely believe that such kids are
purposefully repeating the same mistakes. They may accuse or punish
the students for not faring well in exams as well. Their struggle in
reading and writing may hinder their academic progress. Children may
lose interest in studies as it turns into an extremely dif cult process for
them.
Observe the way the child reads or writes to identify disabilities. Rely
on their school notebooks for that.
Remedies
» Dyslexic people read and write everything in reverse order: Some may
do that. However, majority of dyslexic people do not read or write in
reverse order.
» This condition will disappear after a while: No. If not diagnosed and
trained accordingly, it may severely affect the studies.
» Dyslexia is a mental disorder: No, it is a learning disorder linked to
irregularities in brain activities.