Dyslexic adults have more trouble if background noise levels are high
Wednesday, November 23, 2011 - 17:00
in Health & Medicine
Dyslexia affects up to 17.5% of the population, but its cause remains somewhat unknown. A report published in the Nov. 23 issue of the online journal PLoS ONE supports the hypothesis that the symptoms of dyslexia, including difficulties in reading, are at least partly due to difficulty excluding excess background information like noise.