Adult onset dyslexia
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From: Graham LDN on 9 Feb 2006 11:28 Is there such a thing as adult onset dyslexia? I am a 51 year old man who has always been very literate and an excellent speller. Over the past couple of years, I notice that I am making an increasing number of spelling and grammatical errors. Is this a symptom of dyslexia? What should I do? Graham
From: Rob on 9 Feb 2006 14:52 "Graham LDN" <graham.lubin(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:1139502526.045271.317830(a)g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... > Is there such a thing as adult onset dyslexia? > > I am a 51 year old man who has always been very literate and an > excellent speller. > > Over the past couple of years, I notice that I am making an increasing > number of spelling and grammatical errors. > > Is this a symptom of dyslexia? What should I do? Erm, no. Theories on the origins of Dyslexia differ, but even in those theories where it is not present at birth, it is developed within the very early years of childhood. There are any number of various things that could be causing your problems. There are however instances of dyslexic and dysgraphic symptoms appearing after brain injury. If you're at risk for a stroke or if you have taken a good blow to the head prior to these problems appearing, that could be the cause. A number of other things that effect your brain could be causing it too, including various diseases and medications. Or it could just be that you're out of practice. Like any learned skill, spelling and grammar tend to get worse when you aren't frequently using them. If you spent a large period of time without doing any major writing you've probably just fallen out of practice and now you need to relearn those skills. If you have been writing frequently and you think that these problems are just suddenly occurring then you should go see a medical doctor and have some tests done, including a cat scan. You could have have had very small strokes, or be suffering from internal bleeding in your head, or brain cancer, or a lot of other serious things. Or it could be something very small like the medication you're on is effecting you badly or you're getting forgetful in your old age.
From: astynaz@yahoo.com on 14 Feb 2006 14:21 It can also be cerebellar vestibular dysfunction too. That's inner ear problems. Those problems can cause Dyslexic,Dyspraxic,and/or ADHD symptoms as well as sensory integration issues. I was diagnosed as having a cerebellar vestibular dysfunction last year. I have a history of Auditory/Phonological Dyslexia and Dyspraxia,and I was diagnosed as having inattentive type ADHD in 2004. Have you had any problems with ear infections. If so, then you're at increased risk of getting cerebellar vestibular dysfunction. Many children develop Dyslexia after getting ear infections or glue ear.
From: g.m.poncia on 21 Feb 2006 14:05 cerebellar vestibular dysfunction does not apper to exist outside the world of Harold Levinson try googleing it, you get nothing other than stuff directly about dyslexia. this is in contrast to googleing glue ear for example which has many sites linking dyslexia to glue ear but glue ear is talked about in it's own right. if cerebellar vestibular dysfunction only exists as a cause of dyslexia then isn't it like saying the cause of dyslexia causes dyslexia? children who have difficulties hearing when the phonological prossessing part of their brain is diveloping due to glue ear, repeated ear infections or any other type of uncorected hearing difficulties are considered at great risk of developing reading problems. but if this part of the brain is already formed i cant see how ear problems will then effect it and have not read anything to suggest it might gemma astynaz(a)yahoo.com wrote: > It can also be cerebellar vestibular dysfunction too. That's inner ear > problems. Those problems can cause Dyslexic,Dyspraxic,and/or ADHD > symptoms as well as sensory integration issues. I was diagnosed as > having a cerebellar vestibular dysfunction last year. I have a history > of Auditory/Phonological Dyslexia and Dyspraxia,and I was diagnosed as > having inattentive type ADHD in 2004. > > Have you had any problems with ear infections. If so, then you're at > increased risk of getting cerebellar vestibular dysfunction. > > Many children develop Dyslexia after getting ear infections or glue ear.
From: astynaz@yahoo.com on 24 Feb 2006 10:07
Gemma, That's bullcrap! You don't know what you are talking about! Cerebellar vestibular dysfunction does exist outside the world of Dr. Levinson http://www.dizziness-and-balance.com/disorders/central/cerebellar/cerebellar.htm http://www.sightstreet.com/Content/OpthalmicLibrary/neu_vertigo_csro1020.htm http://brain.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/126/6/1319 http://www.tchain.com/otoneurology/disorders/central/cerebellar.htm http://www-medlib.med.utah.edu/calendar/block4/ppt_cerebellum2002/tsld038.htm http://calder.med.miami.edu/pointis/tbiprov/MEDICINE/sense2.html http://www.bluecrossma.com/common/en_US/medical_policies/fs263.htm http://www.ahmf.org/database/vestibular.html http://www.parentsinc.org/newsletter/June97/VESTIBU.html http://www.eugenept.com/vestibular.html http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003448.htm http://www.emedicine.com/ent/topic373.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronystagmography http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posturography http://www.midwestear.com/posture.htm http://www.dizziness-and-balance.com/testing/posturography.html http://www.bluecrossma.com/common/en_US/medical_policies/fs263.htm http://mentalhealth.about.com/library/sci/0502/bladd502.htm http://www.healthlink.com/provider/medpolicy/policies/DME/dynamic_posturography.html Tomatis Method Schizophrenia http://neuro.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/16/4/400 Anxiety http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/p011066.html |