Developmental psychologist Uta Frith on the detection of dyslexia in children, difficulties with sound recognition, and the heritability of the disease.

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'Take the word „cough“: it is not [c] [o] [f], it is [c] [o] [u] [g] [h] . Now, if you are dyslexic, that is a real problem for you to remember, and if you have this sound [o] [u] [g] [h], it is not always [of], it can be [au] sometimes, so the pronunciation could be very very changeable. That is why in the English language, wherever it is spoken, wherever it is taught, dyslexia will be very prominent.'

Uta Frith, Emeritus Professor of Cognitive Development, University College London; Research Foundation Professor, Faculties of Humanities and Health Sciences, University of Aarhus

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