Do Speech-Language Pathologists treat Dyslexia?

Basically, Dyslexia is a language-based reading disorder. It begins as an auditory processing disorder in which a child with normal hearing is easily confused by the sounds of the language. This confusion carries over into the blending of sounds into syllables and then into words. The opposite process of breaking words into parts (syllables and sounds) is also affected. When printed letters are matched to the sounds, the confusion worsens. The weak auditory system leads to difficulty processing the meaning of spoken language. Vocabulary, grammar and sentence meanings are not acquired as expected. When we attempt to build the complex tasks of reading, spelling and comprehension on top of this unsteady foundation of auditory and oral language skills, dyslexia is often the result. Speech-language pathologists build the foundation for language and help transition language into reading and writing. ... more