READING TOO LITTLE INTO READING - STRATEGIES IN THE REHABILITATION OFACQUIRED DYSLEXIA

This paper examines four recent therapy studies, two involving deep dy slexic patients and two involving surface dyslexic patients. These stu dies illustrate that remediation of aspects of acquired dyslexia can h ave positive benefits for the patients concerned which often extend be yond an improvement in reading aloud. It is argued that, although it m ay not be immediately apparent, the remediation of acquired reading im pairments (and even of reading aloud) can be of functional significanc e for an aphasic subject.