Sleep & Dyslexia: Reading Between the Lines

A new study from Italy analyzed the sleep of 16 children with developmental dyslexia. The results were published in the Oct. 1 issue of the journal Sleep.The children had an average age of 11 years. Their sleep was evaluated during an overnight sleep study in a sleep lab. Results were compared with 11 children who read normally.The study found that dyslexic children had a higher percentage of