Definitions for Dyslexia
dɪsˈlɛk si ədys·lexia

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1. dyslexianoun

   impaired ability to learn to read

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1. dyslexianoun

   Any of various reading disorders caused by a damaged or congenitally faulty structure within the central nervous system, and causing an impairment of the ability to interpret spatial relationships or to integrate auditory and visual information. A common example is when letter sequences are interpreted as inverted in order, as in bat/tab. RHUD

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1. dyslexianoun

   A learning disability in which a person finds it difficult to read and write.

2. Etymology: Circa 1890, from dys- + lexia, from expressing the idea of difficulty, and.

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1. Dyslexia

   Dyslexia, also known until the 1960s as word blindness, is a disorder characterized by reading below the expected level for one's age. Different people are affected to different degrees. Problems may include difficulties in spelling words, reading quickly, writing words, "sounding out" words in the head, pronouncing words when reading aloud and understanding what one reads. Often these difficulties are first noticed at school. The difficulties are involuntary, and people with this disorder have a normal desire to learn. People with dyslexia have higher rates of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), developmental language disorders, and difficulties with numbers.Dyslexia is believed to be caused by the interaction of genetic and environmental factors. Some cases run in families. Dyslexia that develops due to a traumatic brain injury, stroke, or dementia is sometimes called "acquired dyslexia" or alexia. The underlying mechanisms of dyslexia result from differences within the brain's language processing. Dyslexia is diagnosed through a series of tests of memory, vision, spelling, and reading skills. Dyslexia is separate from reading difficulties caused by hearing or vision problems or by insufficient teaching or opportunity to learn.Treatment involves adjusting teaching methods to meet the person's needs. While not curing the underlying problem, it may decrease the degree or impact of symptoms. Treatments targeting vision are not effective. Dyslexia is the most common learning disability and occurs in all areas of the world. It affects 3–7% of the population; however, up to 20% of the general population may have some degree of symptoms. While dyslexia is more often diagnosed in boys, this is partly explained by a self-fulfilling referral bias among teachers and professionals. It has even been suggested that the condition affects men and women equally. Some believe that dyslexia is best considered as a different way of learning, with both benefits and downsides.

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1. dyslexia

   Dyslexia is a specific learning disability that is neurological in origin and primarily affects one's ability to read, spell, and write. It's characterized by difficulties with accurate and fluent word recognition, poor spelling and decoding abilities resulting from a deficit in the phonological component of language. These difficulties typically result from a deficit in the phonological component of language which is often unexpected, given the individual's other cognitive abilities.

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1. Dyslexia

   Dyslexia is characterized by difficulty in learning to read fluently and with inaccurate comprehension despite normal intelligence. This includes difficulty with phonological awareness, phonological decoding, processing speed, orthographic coding, auditory short-term memory, language skills/verbal comprehension, and/or rapid naming. Developmental reading disorder, or dyslexia, is the most common learning disability. Adult dyslexics can read with good comprehension, although they tend to read more slowly than non-dyslexics and perform more poorly at spelling and nonsense word reading, a measure of phonological awareness. Some see dyslexia as distinct from reading difficulties resulting from other causes, such as a non-neurological deficiency with vision or hearing, or from poor or inadequate reading instruction. There are three proposed cognitive subtypes of dyslexia, although individual cases of dyslexia are better explained by specific underlying neuropsychological deficits and co-occurring learning disabilities. Although it is considered to be a receptive language-based learning disability in the research literature, dyslexia also affects one's expressive language skills. Researchers at MIT found that people with dyslexia exhibited impaired voice-recognition abilities. It is believed the prevalence of dyslexia is around 5-10 percent of a given population although there have been no studies to indicate an accurate percentage.

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1. Dyslexia

   A cognitive disorder characterized by an impaired ability to comprehend written and printed words or phrases despite intact vision. This condition may be developmental or acquired. Developmental dyslexia is marked by reading achievement that falls substantially below that expected given the individual's chronological age, measured intelligence, and age-appropriate education. The disturbance in reading significantly interferes with academic achievement or with activities of daily living that require reading skills. (From DSM-IV)

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1. • Learning Disorder

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Anagrams for Dyslexia »

1. lysdexia

How to pronounce Dyslexia?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Dyslexia in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Dyslexia in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=Dyslexia
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Dyslexia
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyslexia
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Dyslexia
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
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