Specific Dyslexia Exploratory Test (TEDE): Two Tasks Using Augmented Reality

Dyslexia is a specific learning disability characterized by the difficulty to accurately and fluently recognize words due to a deficiency in the phonological component of language. This disability has a global impact and affects around 5% of the population. This study proposes to test if applying an Augmented Reality (AR) interface it may improve the identification of reading-writing disorders in school-age children to anticipate dyslexia diagnosis. Based on this premise, a mobile application that tests two errors of the Specific Dyslexia Exploratory Test (TEDE) has been developed. This software was tested on children from a school located in Quito- Ecuador. The results of this test prove that this software gets a better detection of the reading and writing disorders than using a manual inspection. The main contribution of this work is the validation of the helpfulness of software with an AR interface for the early detection of this learning disability.