Researchers have continued their hunt for early signs of dyslexia:

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2012/01/23/children-brain-changes-may-detect-dyslexia/

What they are asking is really a statement of the obvious: if a child finds auditory processing of sounds hard, will that make speech and reading harder?

It is like researching whether having weak leg muscles makes you less good at weight lifting… duh!? I think so!

Can you still learn to lift normal weights OK? Yes, usually. Equally we find that if you give the right support to a child with poor auditory processing, they too can improve their speech and reading to normal levels.

Of course, what this research does not touch on at all is the other causes of reading difficulty. Those are where dyslexia gets more complex. There is no one cause, or solution, for all reading difficulty. You have to treat each child as an individual.

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David Morgan is CEO of Oxford Learning Solutions, publisher of the Easyread System. Easyread is an online course that helps children with dyslexia, auditory processing disorder, and highly visual learning styles improve their reading and spelling through short daily lessons. Find out more at www.easyreadsystem.com or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/easyreadsystem.