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This section is intended for speech and language therapists
and other professionals.
Letter-by-letter dyslexia, sometimes known as pure alexia, is
a rare disorder. It is classified as a peripheral dyslexia,
that is, it affects the early stages in the visual analysis
of letters and words. Some theorists believe that there is a
central component to the disorder, evidenced by the fact that
many LBL readers have some lexical and semantic knowledge of
words which they cannot identify. Language functions other than
reading are almost totally spared. The client is therefore left
in the superficially paradoxical position of being unable to
read what he has written with relative ease.
This file is based on the intensive work done with T.T., a hospital
consultant who became a letter-by-letter reader following a
stroke. Profits from the sale of this file will be donated to
Speakability, London.
The file, compromising 282 pages, is divided into four sections:
Section One: Case Discussion
• 47 pages
• A detailed case discussion
covering 18 months of working with T.T.
• Includes contributions from
T.T. and his wife.
Section Two: Information gathering activities
• 76 pages
• Each activity has an instruction
sheet, test sheet (photocopiable) and record sheet (photocopiable).
Section Three: Activity ideas and advice
• 29 pages
• Advice is given on working
from letter level up to paragraph level. Names and addresses
of relevant aids and materials are included.
Section Four: Worksheets
• 130 pages
• Ideas on the use of these
worksheets are described in the previous section. All pages
are photocopiable.
This file should save SLT’s hours of work when they find they
have a letter-by-letter reader on their caseload. Much of the
material in sections two, three and four will have application
to other acquired reading disorders.
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