Dyslexia

Some children and adults who have difficulty with reading experience visual distortion when viewing a page of print: the letters may appear to move or blur, or the white paper may glare and cause eyestrain or headaches. It can occur in those whose eyesight is otherwise perfect, as well as in those who are short- or long-sighted. These problems can be helped with the use of spectacle lenses, tinted specifically to meet the needs of the patient.

In order to determine the extent of the tint, assessment is carried out on the Intuitive Colorimeter. There are over 6,700 hues available so any colour shown up as advantageous by the Intuitive Colorimeter can be matched exactly in the lens tint. This process is the only one to have been approved by the Medical Research Council's Applied Psychology Unit, and can be of help to patients suffering from dyslexia, migraine or visual discomfort.

At Roger Spooner, a report is given to both parent and referee after the examination on all the tests executed, as well as suggestions on treatment, exercise or appliance. Roger Spooner advises a review after a three- to six-month wait since the initial appointment.

Although visual factors are not considered a majpr cause of dyslexia, they are often contributory and, by treating them, the learning process can be made easier for patients. Colour correction must never be considered a replacement to good teaching and must not be chosen in isolation to other professions. R F spooner advises a full eye examination prior to taking the Intuitive Colorimeter tests.

Roger Spooner has been running clinics for dyslexics for the past few years. He has been prescribing tinted lenses for the correction of colour deficiency and has since realised the efficacy of the same lenses for patients with dyslexia. The lenses work by interfering with the way the brain turns two images, one from each eye, into a single image, With dyslexics, this process is flawed but can be corrected with tinted lenses. Click here for more information.

When you read text do you experience one of these disturbances of vision, or a similar one? If so, your problems with dyslexia could be solved with Chromagen lenses.

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