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Re: CHAT: dyslexia

From:Amanda Babcock <langs@...>
Date:Friday, March 30, 2001, 15:55
On Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 06:48:32PM +0300, Dan Sulani wrote:

> In other words, the term "dyslexia", IMHO, is just a cover-term meaning > "trouble with reading".
If that's true, then why is it characterized by structural differences in the brain, and by very specific differences in the way sounds are heard? If I recall correctly, dyslexics could not distinguish between two sounds occurring very close together, where most people could. Amanda