Treatment
The use of tinted lenses in glasses and coloured overlay sheets has been prescribed by many doctors; however, the efficacy of such treatment is questionable. It has been felt to be efficient treatment by some, and inappropriate by others, because more conventional treatments are sometimes more appropriate.
The College of Optometry (UK) has specified guidelines for optometrists who use the colorimeter system. A society for colored lens prescribers has been established to provide a list of eye-care practitioners with expertise in the provision of colored lenses for the treatment of visual stress.
The Promethean Trust, a Norwich-based charity for dyslexic children, has found that the use of a cursor has eliminated the need for colored overlays or lenses. The cursor is simply a piece of card or plastic, approximately the size of a business card, with a notch cut out of one corner. The reader (or the remedial teacher) uses this to track print from left to right, and at the same time the card prevents the eyes from wandering ahead.
Read more about this topic: Scotopic Sensitivity Syndrome
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