Dyslexia
Current as of: January 31, 2020
Author: Healthwise Staff
Medical Review: Adam Husney, MD - Family Medicine & Susan C. Kim, MD - Pediatrics & Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine & Louis Pellegrino, MD - Developmental Pediatrics
DyslexiaDyslexia is a common learning disability that hinders the development of reading skills. It impairs a person's ability to translate the sounds within words (phonemes) in the correct sequence, and this causes reading to be slow and inaccurate. Dyslexia makes it hard to read, write, and spell. It also affects memory of spoken and written words. The cause of dyslexia is not clear, although it may be genetic because it runs in families. For treatment, educational tools can help retrain the way the mind processes the sounds within words. But reading will likely not ever be easy for a person with dyslexia. Current as of: January 31, 2020 Author: Healthwise Staff Medical Review: Adam Husney, MD - Family Medicine & Susan C. Kim, MD - Pediatrics & Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine & Louis Pellegrino, MD - Developmental Pediatrics |
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