Dyslexia Types: Dysphonetic or Dyseidetic The terms ‘dysphonetic’ and ‘dyseidetic’ are words used to describe typical symptoms of dyslexia The person labeled ‘dysphonetic’ has difficulty connecting sounds to symbols, and might have a hard time sounding out words, and spelling mistakes would show a very poor grasp of phonics This is also sometimes called “auditory” dyslexia, because it relates to the way the person