If your child has dyslexia he or she may not be aware of it.
Sometimes it takes years before children realize that they have dyslexia.
Dyslexia can have a serious and negative psychological effect on patients. As
it turns out diagnostic imaging
can help this particular problem before it becomes an issue. There is a
possibility that MRI
scanning may be able to help diagnose dyslexia before kids learn how to read.
The implications are huge, while the study that was
conducted is not totally conclusive; it gives people a ray of hope that
children may have a chance to avoid dyslexia. Often times dyslexia can come
about at a later stage of development. It’s vital for parents to try and help
their kids with this particular condition.
In an article in diagnosticimaging.com
it was stated that “Researchers know that adults who have poor reading skills
also have a smaller and less organized arcuate fasciculus, a bundle of fibers
that links expressive and receptive language areas. However, it was not known
if this was the cause of reading difficulties or if the lack of reading caused
the difference.”
This kind of statement makes a good point that leads into
the idea that perhaps there is a real chance that dyslexia may be diagnosed
prior to learning how to read. In the study conducted at Boston Children’s
Hospital it was stated that pre-readers and
early readers cannot exhibit dyslexia per say, but their pre-reading skills that
predict later reading abilities can be evaluated.” If there’s a way to see
whether or not kids have specific issues that will cause the dyslexia, the
early detection is a good way to see.
The way the study was conducted, according to the article
“The children, 21 females and 19 males, were tested on their phonological
skill, letter recognition, and word identification to determine reading level.
They also underwent diffusion-weighted imaging where the researchers focused on
the arcuate fasciculus, the inferior longitudinal fasciculus, and the superior
longitudinal fasciculus.” The study went in depth in order to establish a
pattern of some sort.
Dyslexia can be battled and it’s important to go ahead
and give children the opportunity to beat this particular problem.
If you have any questions about diagnostic imaging
procedures, please feel free to give us a call. We here at Clermont Radiology
look forward to taking your call and answering any questions that you may have.
Charla
Hurst
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