people have 2 methods for reading words, sounding out words letter by letter, this is what you use for new words, and names, the other method is the recognizing

people have 2 methods for reading words, sounding out words letter by letter, this is what you use for new words, and names, the other method is the recognizing words by the general letter shape as described in the article. These are totally different paths in the brain and thus either can be impaired.