自1896年《英国医学杂志》首次描述诵读困难症以来，人们对其定义和诊断程序一直存在争议，一些人对其存在性表示怀疑。然而，关于这种相对常见的学习障碍的性质和特征，现在有相当多的研究。一个世纪以来，医学、心理学和最近的神经科学的研究已经形成了对诵读困难症的当代观点，我们现在对这种学习障碍的了解足以指导政策和实践。
这篇非常简短的介绍提供了一个关于这个令人兴奋的研究领域的通俗概述，从它的历史开始，并借鉴了患有诵读困难症的人的证词。考虑到诵读困难症的潜在原因，以及遗传和环境因素，玛格丽特·斯诺林（Margaret Snowling）展示了跨语言研究如何记录不同语言中诵读困难症的患病率。斯诺林讨论了各种大脑扫描技术，这些技术被用来发现诵读困难症患者的大脑在结构或功能上是否与典型读者的大脑不同。斯诺林接着权衡了各种策略和干预措施，这些策略和干预措施可以帮助今天的诵读困难症患者。
Dyslexia: A Very Short Introduction (Audiobook)
Since dyslexia was first described in the British Medical Journal in 1896, there has been debate about the definitions and diagnostic procedures used, with some casting doubt on its very existence. However, there is now a considerable body of research regarding the nature and characteristics of this relatively common learning disorder. The contemporary view of dyslexia has emerged from a century of research in medicine, psychology, and more recently, neuroscience, and we now understand enough about this learning disorder to guide policy and practice.
This Very Short Introduction provides an accessible overview of this exciting field of research, beginning with its history, and drawing on testimony from people living with dyslexia. Considering the potential causes of dyslexia, and looking at both genetic and environment factors, Margaret Snowling shows how cross-linguistic studies have documented the prevalence of dyslexia in different languages. Discussing the various brain scanning techniques that have been used to find out if the brains of people with dyslexia differ in structure or function from those of typical readers, Snowling moves on to weigh up various strategies and interventions which can help people living with dyslexia today.
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