Scientific Watergate Dyslexia: How and Why Countless Millions Are Deprived of Breakthrough Medical Treatment [Hardcover]

Harold N., M.D. Levinson (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0963930303 | ISBN-13: 978-0963930309 | Publication Date: January 15, 1994 | Edition: 1st

Medical Dyslexic Treatment Center, Great Neck, New York. Reference for the consumer of the author's treatment of dyslexia as an inner ear problem. The author (psychiatrist and neurologist) includes case studies from his practice.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 455 pages
• Publisher: Stonebridge; 1st edition (January 15, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0963930303
• ISBN-13: 978-0963930309
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,995,508 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Your smart and there is hope, healing and help available., June 23, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Scientific Watergate Dyslexia: How and Why Countless Millions Are Deprived of Breakthrough Medical Treatment (Hardcover)

I strongly urge people to read all of Dr. Levinson's books and cannot praise his diagnostic and treatment procedures/methods(etc.) highly enough. As I have been a very successful patient of his since 9/84 to present. His books have wonderful self-help, self-teach, self-healing as well as self-acceptance themes ever-present, and have transformed the lives of many people over many years, myself especially. The books also repeatedly emphasize that "You aren't alone" and you're smart and that there is hope, healing and help available!! The photographs of actual patients in "A Scientific Watergate" put "real faces" and emotion on the words...again showing you that you aren't all alone... The books also repeatedly prove that a multitude of what can appear to be unrelated single symptoms have one common cause and one safe treatment that can (at least in my case) almost put the "disease" into a "near-remission" state...giving you back a peaceful, healthy, stable equiliburium...restoring your mind-body balance and sense of wellbeing physically, mentally, spiritually...additionally Dr. Levinson and I both endorse a series of non-medical therapies within a Scientific Watergate, which include tinted lenses.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good information, February 15, 2003

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Tara Johnson (Bakersfield, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Scientific Watergate Dyslexia: How and Why Countless Millions Are Deprived of Breakthrough Medical Treatment (Hardcover)

This is an excellent book. Please do not listen to the individual that said this book was unscientific. If you would like evidence concerning cerebellar deficits in dyslexia they are easy to obtain. This book does have a scientific basis. Please do not assume that just because the Orton society does not sanction this book that it is "way outside of scientific thought". At one time scientists thought leeching was a good thing. Go figure. Science is a process, there are always new developments. If you would like to research Dr Levinson's theory for yourself you can go to infotrieve.com put dyslexia and cerebellar in the search bar and you can buy scientific articles on this topic to your hearts content. This database has articles that are peer reviewed such as Journal of the American Optometric Association, Annals of Dyslexia, Experimental Brain Research etc.

That said, this is what I like about this book:
1. Dr Levinson does not claim that cerebellar deficits are the ONLY cause of dyslexia. He also cites some research by Irlen on visual processing deficits and says the cause of dyslexia may be different for individuals.
2. He says that this treatment does not work for everyone. The degree that it will help people also varies from individual to individual.
3. He does not claim to cure anyone and is upfront about the fact that problems will still exist.
4. He listens to his patients. He does not take the "I am doctor. I am expert", stance. He speaks about defining dyslexia based on the accounts of individuals that struggle with it.
5. He states that dyslexia should not simply be based on a reading discrepancy. Many individuals have a hard time reading but muddle along, without falling too far behind. But the process is still slow and painful.

I could go on but space is limited. This book is a good read. It may help the dyslexic person in your life or it may not. But it will provide you with information.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A well-founded alternative approach to dyslexia, March 11, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Scientific Watergate Dyslexia: How and Why Countless Millions Are Deprived of Breakthrough Medical Treatment (Hardcover)

A major controversy rages about dyslexia. Dr. Levinson presents massive evidence that dyslexia arises from problems in the cerebellum and in the semicircular canals of the inner ear. He also describes how the mainstream of the dyslexia "industry" has for 20 years clung to another theory, and has systematically suppressed, distorted, and ignored his arguments. The result is that many dyslexics have remained unaware of the approach that he has used to bring demonstrable relief.

Idiosyncrasies in Levinson's style and manner of presentation, as well as his embattled stance toward the establishment, may raise some people's suspicions. But the book is solid in substance. Dr. Levinson, an M.D. with psychiatric specialization, has over 25 years research and experience with dyslexia, beginning when he found that his own daughters were dyslexic. 80% of his patients experience some improvement through one or more medications that he recommends. My own dyslexic son Justin experienced a dramatic turn-around within 48 hours of starting on medication that Levinson recommended. But the medications have to be adjusted to the individual in a complex way that cannot be predicted beforehand. By Levinson's own admission, he has not found medications that can result in improvement in all cases. The complexity has allowed the establishment to turn its back not only on a cogent theory but on a path to substantive relief for many dyslexics.

Vern S. Poythress, Ph.D., Th.D.