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Bright Solutions for Dyslexia, Inc.Sharing the latest research results with those who need to know |
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NIH Research Project |
In the early 1980's, the United States Congress mandated the National Institutes of Health to research learning disabilities and answer seven specific questions. After conducting longitudinal research plus numerous studies on genetics, interventions, and brain function, we finally have replicable, irrefutable research-based information on dyslexia. This page shares the research results released by the National Institutes of Health from 1994 to the present. |
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NIH Research Questions |
NIH coordinated 18 top-notch university research teams throughout the United States to answer the following questions posed by Congress:
NIH investigated dyslexia first because it is the most prevalent learning disability. |
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NIH Results Released in 1994 |
These research results have been independently replicated and are now considered to be irrefutable.
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Longitudinal Research |
The National Institutes of Health conducted a longitudinal study by tracking 5,000 children at random from all over the country starting when they were 4 years old until they graduated from high school. The researchers had no idea which children would develop reading difficulties and which ones would not. There were many theories at that time as to what caused reading difficulties, and which tests best predicted reading failure. The researchers tested these children 3 times a year for 14 years using a variety of tests that would either support or disprove the competing theories. But the researchers did NOT provide any type of training or intervention. They simply watched and tested. From that research, they were able to determine which tests are most predictive of reading failure, at what age we can test children, and whether children outgrow their reading difficulties. This study also spawned numerous other NIH research projects. The results of these studies were released in 1994. |
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Speech Delays |
Speech delays turn into reading problems excerpt of an article called The Relationship Between Language and Learning Disabilities on the LDOnline.org website In 1980, Snyder predicted that the language-delayed preschooler of today may well become the learning-disabled child of tomorrow. A growing body of evidence supports her prediction and suggests that many of these children do not "outgrow" these problems, and that "simple" delays in communication may, in fact, be stable predictors of later learning disabilities. One set of researchers followed a group of children from ages 2 to 6. The children were identified at age 2 as "late talkers." Although the majority outgrew their oral language delay by age 4, they demonstrated academic delays at ages 5 and 6. Another set of researchers found that the oral language disorders decreased over time, giving the impression of "recovery" by age 5. However, the majority of those children experienced reading disabilities by grade 2. To read the entire article, go to: www.dys-add.com/LanguageDelayandLD.pdf |
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Brain Function |
Dyslexic children use nearly five times the brain area Excerpt of a press release from the University of Washington Released on November 30, 2005 Dyslexic children use nearly five times the brain area as normal children while performing a simple language task, according to a new study by an interdisciplinary team of University of Washington researchers. The study shows, for the first time, that there are chemical differences in the brain function of dyslexic and non-dyslexic children. The research, published in the current issue of the American Journal of Neuroradiology, also provides new evidence that dyslexia is a brain-based disorder. This study, part of a wider UW effort to understand the basis of dyslexia and develop treatments for it, was funded by the National Institutes of Children Health and Human Development, a branch of the National Institutes of Health. To read the entire article, go to: www.dys-add.com/UofWResearch-Lactate.pdf |
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Two More Genes |
Scientists tie two additional genes to dyslexia |
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