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Child Language Teaching and Therapy, Vol. 7, No. 3, 326-340 (1991)
DOI: 10.1177/026565909100700307

Visual discomfort in the classroom

Arnold Wilkins

MRC Applied Psychology Unit, Cambridge

Ann Peck

Boroughmuir High School, Edinburgh

Betty Jordan

Moray House College of Education, Edinburgh

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.


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