Learning Disabilities and Reading

It has been proposed that some learning disabilities are associated with deficits in eye movements and/or visual tracking. Most interest in the possible relationship between vision abnormalities and learning disabilities has focused on reading disorders. It is theorized that defects in binocular vision (i.e., the integration of both eyes to produce a single image), including problems of coordinated eye movement, can cause reading difficulties. However, the proposition that binocular vision pathology has a role in learning disabilities is controversial.

A variety of visual training programs have been proposed to address learning disabilities, such as attention deficit disorders, dyslexia, and reading disorders. Eye exercises, known as orthoptics, involve a wide range of techniques used to expand fusional vergence amplitudes and permit improved single binocular vision. Other proposed treatments include optometric vision therapy and the use of training glasses, prism glasses, reading glasses or tinted or colored lenses.

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