Harold Levinson, MD
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1) You have more than enough sources; don't worry about that. This is the pre-made message everyone gets if their article reads like an essay; I'm not the one who wrote it.
2) I'm not suggesting they be minimized. They're fine as they are.
3) Actually, an encyclopedic article would probably be easier to read for the average reader. Besides, this is an encyclopedia, not an essay website, so all articles have to encyclopedic.
Also, you have to use footnotes to cite your information. See Help:Footnotes if you haven't already done so. Lugia2453 (talk) 21:36, 13 September 2012 (UTC) DYSLEXIA : A HOLISTIC UNDERSTANDING AND MEDICAL TREATMENT
ABSTRACT--Contrary to century-old convictions, dyslexia was clinically found by Dr. Levinson, initially with Jan Frank, to be a disorder impairing not only reading but also writing, spelling, math, memory, speech, concentration, activity... balance/coordination. Dyslexic symptoms were demonstrated to occur in varying severities and combinations when normal brain processors failed to properly recognize and compensate for the reversed and scrambled signals received and transmitted. This signal defect was discovered due to a fine-tuning dysfunction within the inner-ear and it's super-computer--the cerebellum, man's "lower" brain. Inner-ear/cerebellar(CV) enhancing medications were shown to trigger rapid and often dramatic improvements for all dyslexic symptoms and their determining mechanisms. The evolving CV-related insights led to a holistic understanding able to encompass and/or explain most all dyslexia data and theories, while leading to new methods of screening, diagnosis, treatment and prevention. "Recent" independent neuroimaging and related studies tended to validate many of these and other CV/dyslexia concepts.
THE INNER-EAR/CEREBELLAR (CV) THEORY OF DYSLEXIA
INTRODUCTION--Bright children failing to acquire normal reading capabilities were first recognized in the late 1800's. This disorder was called dyslexia. Similar to acquired alexia in adults with proven impairments within their cerebral reading processors, dyslexia in children was considered to result when impaired reading processors within the thinking brain or cerebral cortex failed to recognize the normal reading signals received. Because of its identity with alexia, dyslexia was defined as a severe reading disorder occurring in otherwise normal children.
Almost a century later, all the above traditionally held dyslexia convictions were repeatedly challenged by Frank and Levinson's cerebellar-vestibular/dyslexia research efforts. Over the last two decades, the cerebellar role in dyslexia, ADHD and other related disorders has been independently substantiated, primarily via sophisticated brain imaging studies. There remained a need to integrate the results of the diverse "new" validating studies with each other and those CV/dyslexia clinical data and derived concepts obtained and published by Frank and Levinson over the past four decades.
THE CV THEORY AND RESEARCH
Levinson, initially with Jan--Frank(1967-77), found only balance, coordination, equilibrium, orientation...DWI-like (intoxication) signs and symptoms characterizing over 96% of 35,000 neurologically examined dyslexic children and adults examined in repeated studies.3,15,16 These independently confirmed findings highlighted a previously unrecognized key dysfunction within the inner-ear17 and its supercomputer--the cerebellum.**18,19,20 The thinking brains or cerebral cortex of dyslexics were neurologically confirmed to be clinically normal. 3,21,22
The vast majority of dyslexics were found characterized by a wide range of both reading and non-reading (writing, spelling, math, memory, speech, concentration, spatial, timing, phobic, psychosomatic...motor) symptoms coexisting in varying combinations and severities. To explain this clinically determined data with the proven clinically obtained neurological facts in hand,14 Levinson theorized that dyslexia occurs when normal and even gifted thinking brains fail to adequately recognize and respond to reversed and scrambled reading and non-reading signals19 resulting from an inner-ear/cerebellar-vestibular(CV) dysfunction.4 The disorder called dyslexia was therefore recognized as far too complex and variable to be properly defined by only severe degrees of only one of its many coexisting symptoms--reading impairment. Since the reading symptom in dyslexics was found to be CV-determined and often improves with time and diverse therapies, it is frequently less than severe. Hence the accepted definition that dyslexia is a severe reading-impairment was found to be clinically invalid.
The CV system was demonstrated to automatically fine-tune or stabilize all sensory, motor and related brain signals.3,24 By analogy, dyslexia appeared similar to the frustrating experience of normal thinking and gifted viewers attempting to make sense of the drifting and distorted TV visual/auditory signals resulting from impaired fine tuners. The final dyslexic symptoms and severities were reasoned to depend on which normal brain "channels" receive and/or execute drifting signals, the degree of signal distortion, and the descrambling ability of the viewer and his brain.14 Were diverse thinking brain or cerebral cortical and related brain processors ("channels") impaired, one for each or a few of the many symptoms characterizing this disorder, then contrary to clinical experience, dyslexics would be significantly retarded and unable to compensate.
This new CV concept also explained a wide range of acquired CV/dyslexic disorders and transient dyslexic conditions triggered by rotation, dizziness and other factors destabilizing the inner-ear's "fine tuners" and the CV system2,14,23 During the French-Russian space exploration, astronauts were reported to have experienced word reversals at zero gravity; and their temporary inner-ear condition was termed "space dyslexia" by Levinson.14 Also clarified were the origin and treatment of diverse signal illusions involving reading,52,53,54 writing, speed, motion, space and time, etc.23,52,53
The above and all other CV/dyslexic insights were further validated and expanded when CV (or "fine-tuning") enhancing medications were demonstrated to rapidly and often dramatically improve hundreds of CV-determined reading and non-reading symptoms in 75-85% of treated dyslexic children and adults.3,29,30(Refer to Fig. 1).
Favorable spontaneous, learned and therapeutically induced symptomatic improvements observed in dyslexics--including the reading improved and "cured2,21 --were recognized by Levinson to result from the compensatory descrambling and reprogramming capability of the thinking brain and the "higher cerebellum." **3,31,32 The self-correcting and recognition-enhancing capability of these continually interacting brain structures appeared best illustrated by the following example of automatic descrambling: 7H15 M3554G3 53RV35 7O PR0V3 H0W 0UR M1ND5 C4N D0 4M4Z1NG 7H1NG5! 0UR M1ND 1S R34D1NG 4U70M471C4LLY W17H 0U7 3V3N 7H1NK1NG. By comparison, pre-compensated dyslexics fail to recognize normally sequenced reading signals after they are pathologically scrambled by impaired CV "fine-tuners" so as to resemble the above illustration of signal distortion.
A multidimensional concept/redefinition of dyslexia19 resulted from Levinson's attempt to encompass all the typical and atypical findings derived from a data base involving hundreds of dysfunctioning and compensatory symptoms and their determining mechanisms. New medically based methods of screening,14 diagnosis,16,36,37 treatment 38,39,40 and prevention were discovered and reported.23 A score of differently named and defined disorders (ie.,LD,15ADHD,41,42 phobias,43,44,45 etc.) were shown to have a CV origin, thus clarifying their frequent overlapping. This enhanced concept helped to recognize and explain the hidden presence of a treatable CV/dyslexic signal defect often found complicating a group of major brain processing disorders such as mental retardation, brain injury, autism, etc..3,14,46 Levinson's CV based understanding proved sufficient to encompass, integrate and/or explain all other dyslexia data, therapies and theories,3,14,46 while utilizing and uniting the old47,48and recent neuroplasticity-related concepts.49,50,51.
- References in red highlight independently validating studies initiated just before the new millennium. The color differences illustrate Levinson's attempt at better integrating past and present data with one unifying CV concept.
- The higher cerebellum was calculated to have 10x more (processing) cells than believed to exist in the entire brain.
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Submission declined on 20 September 2012 by Sionk (talk). This submission reads more like an essay than an encyclopedia article. Submissions should summarize information in secondary, reliable sources and not contain opinions or original research. Please write about the topic from a neutral point of view in an encyclopedic manner.
In a prior communication, we were told that:
1-Original sources and research were fine since the origin, basis and derived concepts characterizing the CV theory of dyslexia was published by the author of this article--most referenced by others in secondary sources.
2-There were sufficient independent reliable secondary sources included within the submission. However, 25- 50 more are available and could readily be included if desired.
So as to conform to the Wikipedia format, it appears that a distinction or clarification is needed between a logical interpretation of research facts and unsubstantiated subjective opinions. Also, are contrasts to be avoided when new research data tends to refute prior or even current unsubstantiated assumptions and convictions?
Answers will hopefully resolve the remaining encyclopedia stylistic issues required by Wikipedia.
Thanks for you interest and help. Harold Levinson, MD (talk) 20:50, 20 September 2012 (UTC)
- Unfortunately whoever told you original research was fine was misinforming you. One of the few Wikipedia policies is that "Wikipedia articles must not contain original research". See WP:OR for further information. Original research includes advancing an opinion or conclusion not contained in the sources. You will need to put forward reliable, independent published sources that show your subject, "Dyslexia : A Holistic Understanding and Medical Treatment", is a widely discussed (i.e. notable) topic of discussion. Hope that helps! Sionk (talk) 10:01, 23 September 2012 (UTC)
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