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Holy Coincidence, Batman!
Added Woes for Dyslexics (scroll down to the middle of the page) reports on a new brain study that reveals many dyslexic children have “difficulty distinguishing different sounds in a noisy environment”. School for Thought would like to point out that the ability to hear the sounds in words is the very essence of learning to read, and it should therefore come as no surprise that so many dyslexic kids have trouble understanding what the teacher is saying when there is a lot of background noise. According to the news item, dyslexic students often benefit from being seated “at the front of the class or using wireless technology to enhance the teacher’s voice”. And, if we could make a polite suggestion - quiet classrooms are associated with better learning in general, and not just for the dyslexic students.