"Effect of temporal lobe stimulation in the academic performance of children with learning disability: A pre test post test study design"

Currently sixty types of educational intervention methods are available, for treating dyslexia. Mainly phonemic interventions, but none seems to be effective. The current study is an attempt to stimulate the brain through external stimuli in the form of Frequency Modulation tone. To test the hypothesis that temporal lobe stimulation helps the learning disabled to read/write/calculate normally, appropriate to their intelligence level. The sample of the present study consists of 30 school going children belong to an age group of 6–12 years. They were screened with NIMHANS SLD Battery. The study designed as a pretest-posttest single group design Scores showed significant difference between the pre and post tests values of the sample. The results of the post test showed significant improvement in reading, writing and calculation and significant reduction in errors after intervention. The temporal lobe stimulation has significant impact in the academic performance of the learning disabled