Visual discomfort in the classroom
- 1 October 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Child Language Teaching and Therapy
- Vol. 7 (3), 326-340
- https://doi.org/10.1177/026565909100700307
Abstract
Treatment of reading difficulties with coloured overlays and Irlen filters is reviewed. The accumulated anecdotal evidence for beneficial effects in certain children can no longer be ignored, but scientific evidence is lacking. Advice for the classroom management of visual discomfort and associated perceptual distortion is offered.Keywords
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