[Source: Medical News Today]
 
Because dyslexia affects so many people around the world, countless studies have attempted to pinpoint the source of the learning disorder.
Even though dyslexia is defined as a reading disorder, it also affects how a person perceives spoken language. It is widely known that individuals with dyslexia exhibit subtle difficulties in speech perception. In fact, these problems are even seen among infants from dyslexic families, well before reading is acquired.
A new study by Northeastern University professor Iris Berent has uncovered a vital clue to the origin of this disorder.
THE STUDY
Speech perception engages at least two linguistic systems: The phonetic system, which extracts discrete sound units from the acoustic input, and the phonological system, which combines these units to form individual words.
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