Studies on 40 dyslexic schoolchildren in Solihull, West Midlands, showed that in the year before treatment their reading progressed on average by five months, compared with 20 months in the treatment year.
The programme, monitored by two university professors, gets children to perform twice-daily 10-minute exercises, such as juggling beanbags and balancing acts, to stimulate the cerebellum. This controls motor functions and is often under-developed in people with dyslexia.
"Children told us the results were phenomenal," said Kevin Eyres, chief executive of DDAT, the Warwickshire-based company that created the programme.
Professor Susan Tresman, education director at the British Dyslexic Association, said they needed to sample a larger group before drawing conclusions. But she added: "It certainly merits a wider look."
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