Individuals can experience temporary manifestations of dyslexia
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SUPPORTED
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While developmental dyslexia is a lifelong neurodevelopmental condition, individuals can indeed experience temporary or acquired manifestations of dyslexia later in life resulting from brain damage, stroke, or neurodegenerative diseases.
Evidence for · 4
A Principled Relation between Reading and Naming in Acquired and Developmental Anomia: Surface Dyslexia Following Impairment in the Phonological Output Lexicon
2016 · cited by 29
This study demonstrates acquired dyslexia resulting from brain damage affecting shared lexical components.
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More for · 3
Simultaneous simulations of pure, surface and phonological acquired dyslexia within a full computational model of the primary systems hypothesis.
2024 · cited by 5
Computational simulations show that damage to primary neural systems can produce various forms of acquired dyslexia.
A case of acquired phonological dyslexia with selective impairment of Kanji: analysis of reading impairment mechanism using cognitive neuropsychological models for reading
2022 · cited by 3
This case report documents an individual experiencing acquired phonological dyslexia following neurological impairment.
The symptoms of surface dyslexia in Arabic: the impact of orthographic ambiguity on reading abilities of a patient with Alzheimer’s disease
2024 · cited by 2
This study documents acquired surface dyslexia in a patient with Alzheimer's disease, showing that reading impairments can emerge later in life due to neurodegeneration.