title: Reading disability: a discussion of visual, auditory, and linguistic factors.
abstract: A case is presented in which the chief complaint of letter reversals and poor reading achievement suggests a visual or visual-perceptual problem. Analysis of the history, refraction, visual skills, and visual-perceptual test results indicates that a visual system dysfunction is not a significant factor in this case. Rather, a linguistic skills deficit is suggested by the pattern of errors exhibited on the tests. The influence of linguistic skills on several commonly used visual tests is discussed.
mesh_terms: D001307:Auditory Perception; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004410:Dyslexia / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D005123:Eye / Q000503:physiopathology; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008570:Memory, Short-Term; D009949:Orientation; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D012438:Saccades; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014796:Visual Perception