Vision, Reading Difficulties, and Visual Stress

Vision, Reading Difficulties, and Visual Stress

Author: Arnold J. Wilkins

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2022-08-02

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 3031039300

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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.


Reading Through Colour

Reading Through Colour

Author: Arnold Wilkins

Publisher:

Published: 2003-05-23

Total Pages: 186

ISBN-13:

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The use of coloured overlays can improve reading in certain individuals. This book provides a review and interpretation of the scientific evidence and practical guidance for teachers and parents about how to use the overlays, who will benefit from their use and how to assess their effectiveness.


Pickwell's Binocular Vision Anomalies

Pickwell's Binocular Vision Anomalies

Author: Bruce J. W. Evans

Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann Medical

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 454

ISBN-13: 9780750688970

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This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. Going from strength to strength, this best-selling book on binocular vision anomalies is now in its fifth edition. Maintaining its popular and practical 'how-to' approach, it has been thoroughly updated and expanded to provide an excellent practice reference for all optometrists, orthoptists, ophthalmologists and dispensing opticians. Now with an easy-to-use 2 colour layout and redrawn diagrams the new edition is more accessible than ever. Covering the latest evidence-based research it provides an emphasis on the clinical applications for every eyecare practitioner. Still a must-have classic - this is THE definitive reference work on binocular vision disorders Comprehensive theory is rooted in reality, for use from study into clinical practice Enlarged, enhanced, authoritative and erudite Includes a CD-ROM Thorough revisions on routine examination including the latest testing routines. New material on the development of visual functions in children. Recent key research on heterophoria including the latest computerized exercise methods. Important clinico-legal case studies in amblyopia and the latest evidence-based accounts of the condition. Extensive updating on strabismus. Fresh text design using a second colour for both text and diagrams. Updated CD with more clips and an invaluable incomitancy presentation and quiz.


Vision and Reading

Vision and Reading

Author: Ralph P. Garzia

Publisher:

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13:

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Vision and Reading examines the intimate connection between vision, eye movements and different aspects of the reading process. Contributors are optometrists and psychologists; the combination gives an expanded perspective not available elsewhere on the treatment of children and adults with vision-related disabilities.


Reading by the Colors

Reading by the Colors

Author: Helen Irlen

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2005-07-05

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 9780399531569

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This new edition of Reading by the Colors includes significant breakthroughs and new applications for use with the Irlen Method to aid in the treatment of reading disabilities.


Visual Aspects of Dyslexia

Visual Aspects of Dyslexia

Author: John Stein

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2012-08-23

Total Pages: 219

ISBN-13: 019958981X

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Although the dominant view of dyslexia is that it is caused by linguistic/phonological weakness, recent research within neuroscience has shown that it is associated with visual processing problems as well. This book brings together research from neurology, neuroscience, and the vision sciences to present a cutting edge review of this topic.


Visual Stress

Visual Stress

Author: Arnold J. Wilkins

Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 9780198521747

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This book provides the first general and unified theory of visual discomfort. The theory is based on the observation that people find certain visual stimuli uncomfortable, and that these same stimule induce seizures in patients with photosensitive epilepsy. The theory is applied to a varietyof everyday problems such as eye strain from reading, lighting, television and VDU terminals, and more generally from design. A variety of techniques for preventing and treating visual discomfort are described.


Dyslexia and Vision

Dyslexia and Vision

Author: Bruce Evans

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13:

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In the last few years there have been many papers in vision science journals about visual factors in dyslexia, but these findings have not been widely disseminated to the professionals who care for people with dyslexia. Dyslexia and Vision aims to provide a straightforward summary of work in this field for teachers, educational psychologists, child psychologists, and paediatricians. The primary purpose of the book is to provide these professionals with the information they need in order to offer balanced, insightful advice for people in their care. Eyecare professionals themselves are often bewildered by the plethora of claims and anecdotes in this field. A secondary purpose of the book is to provide, in appendices, a balanced "evidence-based" review of the literature for eyecare professionals.


Visual Factors in Reading

Visual Factors in Reading

Author: Piers Cornelissen

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Published: 2007-05-14

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 9781405160919

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This collection of essays examines how our visual and language systems interact in relationship to reading. Addresses four important questions concerning the role of vision in reading Presents recent findings from neuroimaging literature along with important recent work concerning how letters and letter strings are processed Investigates what constraints the visual system and eye movement control set on visual word recognition Discusses the role of the left and right visual field, together with the right and left hemispheres in visual word recognition Evaluates what information the brain computes when we read a word questions the contribution of the visual system on reading disability