Anna has been diagnosed with deep dyslexia. The most obvious symptom she has is
A) a complete inability to read.
B) an inability to read prepositions or any other words that express a relation to other words or phrases within the sentence.
C) an inability to read one of the two languages she has spoken all her life.
D) she interprets a word when reading not as the word on the page but as a semantically related word.

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The most obvious symptom of deep dyslexia is a patient interpreting a word when reading not as the word on the page but as a semantically related word. This is known as a semantic paralexia, where patients substitute words with similar meanings. Options A and C are incorrect as deep dyslexia does not necessarily result in a complete inability to read or comprehend any language. Option B may occur in some cases of deep dyslexia, but it is not the most obvious symptom.

Anna Has Been Diagnosed with Deep Dyslexia