Vision, reading difficulties, and visual stress / Arnold J. Wilkins, Bruce J.W. Evans.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilkins, Arnold J.

Contributor:

Evans, Bruce J. W.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vision disorders.

Ophthalmology.

Reading disability.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (361 pages)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer, 2022.

Summary:

This book provides an overview of the research surrounding the relevance of visual factors for those who struggle with reading. Visual interventions that have been advocated as helping with reading include spectacles that simply correct refractive errors (e.g., long-sightedness), coloured overlays (sheets placed on the page) and coloured lenses, vision therapy, and computer games. This book explains the rationale behind these interventions and discusses the evidence supporting them. Clear advice is given in plain English to those wondering if these interventions will be helpful. Vision, Reading Difficulties, and Visual Stress, 2nd Edition draws together disparate research findings in a range of neurological disorders where vision is compromised by cortical hyperexcitability. Optometrists, orthoptists, ophthalmologists, educational psychologists, teachers, and vision scientists will find this book to be an interesting resource as well as students in these disciplines and parents of children who struggle with reading.

Contents:

Intro

Dedication

Preface

Acknowledgment

Disclosures

Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Refractive errors & ocular health

Chapter 3 Binocular vision and accommodative anomalies

Chapter 4 Eye movements, dominant eye, behavioral optometry, balance and cerebro-vestibular treatments

Chapter 5 The magnocellular-dorsal (M-D) deficit and associated theories

Chapter 6 Coloured filters

early studies

Chapter 7 Do coloured filters work?

Chapter 8 How do coloured filters work?

Chapter 9 Coloured filters: clinical tools

Chapter 10 Clinical protocol

Chapter 11 Other potential uses of precision tints

Chapter 12 Research priorities and practice

Appendices

Appendix 1: Guidance for eye care professionals concerning publicity on dyslexia, visual stress, and related conditions

Appendix 2: Information to help publishers

Appendix 3: Additional resources

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed August 17, 2022).

Other Format:

Print version: Wilkins, Arnold J. Vision, Reading Difficulties, and Visual Stress.

ISBN:

9783031039300

3031039300

OCLC:

1338837603

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.