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Irlen Optometrist Information Day
Sydney
August 15, 2008
(Click image)
We recommend
AUSPELD
for assistance with specific learning difficulties
(ref: Dr Paul Whiting)
We recommend the Special Education Centre at Newcastle University for ongoing research into Irlen Syndrome
(ref: Dr Greg Robinson)
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Irlen Syndrome Research
CSPECT Brain Scans of an individual with Irlen Syndrome.
Performed by Daniel Amen, M.D., Amen Clinics, Inc., Assistant Clinical
Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behaviour, University
of California, Irvine School of Medicine.
The first picture (at left) shows that without Irlen FIlters
the brain of an individual with Irlen Syndrome while reading displays areas of over stimulation. The second picture (at right)
shows that with Irlen Filters there is a significant decrease
in this over-activity.
Brain Research
Diagnostic impressions using functional brain imaging
are also confirmed by behavioural pediatrician and psychiatrist,
Robert Dobrin, M.D., F.A.A.P. These are consistent with the work of psychologist, Andrew
Yellen, Ph.D., and Thomas Schweller, M.D., a board certified
neurologist and professor of neurology at UC San Diego, who
studied Irlen Syndrome utilising Visual Evoked Responses (VER)
and documented the Yellen-Schweller effect.
Similar findings were presented at the 45th Annual Conference
of the International Military Testing Association in Pensacola,
Florida, in the paper, Perceptual Dyslexia:
It's effect on the Military Cadre and Benefits of Treatment,
by Susann L. Krouse and James H. Irvine. The U.S. Naval Education
and Training Command (NETC) sponsored the Naval Aerospace
Medical Research Laboratory (NAMRL) to assess the prevalence
and possible impact of Irlen Syndrome.
The findings of Daniel Amen M.D. are also consistent with a Magnetoencephalographic
study by Jeffrey David Lewine, Ph.D., John Davis, Ph.D.,
Sherri Provencal, M.A., James Edgar, M.A., and William Orrison,
Jr., M.D., conducted at The Center for Advanced Medical
Technologies, The University of Utah School of Medicine,
Salt Lake City, Utah, and Department of Psychology,
The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
These studies: Brain Research
Bibilography of all research: All studies
Published Journals
Developmental Dyslexia has been documented in Proceedings of the National Academy of Science,
with major studies into Irlen Syndrome published in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Australian Journal of Learning Disabilities,
Australian Journal of Remedial Education, Behavioural Optometry, Focus on Dyslexia Research, Journal of Correctional Education,
Journal of Research in Reading, Journal of the American Optometric Association, Ophthalmological and Physiological Optometry,
Perceptual and Motor Skills, The Australasian Journal of Special Education and The Bulletin for Learning Disabilities.
These studies: Journals
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