The Effect of Neurofeedback on Iranian EFL Dyslexic Students

Subject Areas : Journal of Teaching English Language Studies

Ramin Rahmany ¹ (Islamic Azad University, Takestan Branch, Department of English Language)
Neda Abdi ² (Islamic Azad University, Takestan Branch, Department of English Language)

Received: 2017-04-27 Accepted : 2017-06-06 Published : 2017-06-01

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Abstract :

This research was designed to investigate the effects of neurofeedback on dyslexic students.Dyslexia is one of the most common psychiatric disorders of reading between children in schools.This research includes pre-test and post-test of Persian and English passages with a group of sevenPersian dyslexic students with IQ between 95 to 105 were randomly selected from 25 dyslexicstudents (7 to 12 years old) which has been performed at Nima Ushij primary school in Tehran.The research tools were four English and Persian reading passages and neurofeedback system.After a six months treatment course by neurofeedback, finally t-test was used to analyze the resultsof pre and post-test to find whether neurofeedback was effective on their reading disability.Dyslexic children performed perfectly (except two brothers called maybe foe genetic reason) onreading after neurophysiology treatment and a significant difference was statistically observedbetween their pre and post-test reading performance. At last, an oral interview was administeredwith parents to identify their children's improvement. Most parent were satisfied with the treatmentand even expressed the neurofeedback effects on their children's self-confidence in personal life.With respect to the results of the research, neurotheraphy is highly efficient and it will increaseintelligence and mental capabilities and even self-confidence and reduces difficulties for readingof dyslexic students.

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