The Examination of Dyslexia Screening by Using the Sense of Balance in Children Under School Age

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25381331
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Special needs education
• Research Institution: Kansai University of Welfare Sciences
• Principal Investigator: NOGUCHI NORIKO 関西福祉科学大学, 健康福祉学部, 准教授 (80565078)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): TAKAGI Nobuyoshi 関西女子短期大学, 名誉教授 (00352980) ; MIMURA Tatuya 大阪産業大学, 教養部, 准教授 (20388359) ; ABE Keiko 大阪成蹊大学, 教育学部, 教授 (50434874) ; MIMURA Kanichi 大阪成蹊大学, 教育学部, 教授 (90116179) ; TETUGUCHI Munehiro 大阪教育大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (70397793)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 読み書き困難 / 重心動揺 / 音韻意識

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this research was to examine the relationship between the postural sway rate (ENV. Area) and higher brain function(level of phonological awareness, level of drawing ability, and intellectual level) in normal children under school age. We also tried to examine the possibility of dyslexia screening using ENV. The test items were used 1) measurement of physical fitness,2) height and weight, 3) postural sway, 4) a phonological test, 5) a drawing test and 6) an intelligence test in 740 children at a kindergarten. Correlation analyses for age and other test items were related to all them. Two groups (a higher ENV and a lower ENV) were compared with a t-test and the results showed a significant difference. The group with a higher ENV score showed higher scores in phonological awareness. From these results, the possibility of ENV measure was discussed in relation to employ as a dyslexia screening test item.

Free Research Field

特別支援教育