In this new episode of the video series My PhD at the Institut Pasteur, discover Olesia Platonova, a PhD student at the Institut reConnect at the Institut de l’Audition, who is exploring an innovative approach to help children with dyslexia improve reading: stimulating the brain with sound.
“Linking sounds and letters is a key element for learning to read. In children with dyslexia, the brain segments speech differently, and this connection can sometimes be difficult to establish. By offering a six-week rhythmic auditory training, we aim to strengthen these neural connections and facilitate learning,” explains Olesia.
This video is part of a new collaborative format with Baptiste Arnaud, PhD student at the Institut Pasteur and co-creator of the scientific outreach media Ordres de grandeur, giving PhD students a new way to share their research.
The video is available in French with english subtitles:
The RnDys study
Led by Anne-Lise Giraud, the RnDys study aims to determine whether rhythmic auditory training can improve reading performance in children with dyslexia aged 7–9.
Objectives:
The study’s main goal is to evaluate if rhythmic auditory training is an effective tool to enhance reading skills in children with specific written language disorders, and to determine the best training program to be proposed.
