Types of Dyslexia

Types of Dyslexia

(Determined by the DDT)

• DYSNEMKINESIA

Deficit in the ability to develop motor gestalts (engrams) for written symbols, e.g., letters, and write them without reversals.

• DYSPHONESIA

Deficit in visual-symbol and sound (grapheme-phoneme) integrations, and the inability to develop phonetic word analysis-synthesis skills.

• DYSEIDESIA

Deficit in the ability to perceive whole words (total configuration) as visual gestalts and match them with auditory gestalts.

• DYSPHONEIDESIA

Deficit in grapheme-phoneme integration and in the ability to perceive whole words as visual gestalts and match them with auditory gestalts.  (Mixed dysphonetic and dyseidetic coding patterns.)

• DYSNEMKINPHONESIA

Deficit in the ability to develop motor gestalts for written symbols and in grapheme-phoneme integration.  (Mixed dysnemkinetic and dysphonetic coding patterns.)

• DYSNEMKINEIDESIA

Deficit in the ability to develop motor gestalts for written symbols and the ability to perceive whole words as visual gestalts and match them with auditory gestalts.  (Mixed dysnemkinetic and dyseidetic coding patterns.)

• DYSNEMKINPHONEIDESIA

Deficit in the ability to develop motor gestalts for written symbols, grapheme-phoneme integration, and in perceiving whole words as visual gestalts and matching them with auditory gestalts.  (Mixed dysnemkinetic, dysphonetic, and dyseidetic coding patterns.)

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