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Eye Movements and Reading Disabilities

NCT01860027 · Status: TERMINATED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 1

Last updated 2023-11-22

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Summary

The mechanism of the eye movement anomalies seen in dyslexic patients is not well defined. Some optometrists use observational eye movement tests as screening devices for dyslexia and advocate eye movement therapy as a treatment option for dyslexia. The reliability of the clinical eye movement tests and the efficacy of the eye movement therapies have not been determined.

Saccades are the fast eye movements that move our eyes from one word to the next when we read. The eye movement recordings from patients diagnosed with reading disorders, extra ocular muscle imbalances and control patients (no learning disability or eye movement disorder) will be analyzed and compared. The sensitivity and specificity of detecting reading disorders will be determined for the Visagraph III and the Readalyzer. Although these clinical tests are frequently used to diagnose saccadic inaccuracies and diagnose dyslexia in school aged children, the validity of these clinical screening tests has not been determined.

Conditions

  • Reading Disability
  • Dyslexia

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Scripps Health

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Gregory Ostrow, MD · Scripps Clinic

  • Laura Kirkeby, Orthoptics · Scripps Clinic

Eligibility

Min Age
7 Years
Max Age
13 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-12-31
Primary Completion
2014-09-01
Completion
2014-09-01

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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