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Based on recent medical studies those children facing vision problems should immediately undergo vision therapy before the medical condition could get worse.
According to medical experts undiagnosed and untreated vision related learning problems are significant contributors to early reading difficulties and ultimately to special education classification.
The researchers revealed vision problems can have a serious impact on a child’s education.
The team of medical experts said one of the most common vision disorders that interfere with reading was recently the focus of a national study funded by the National Institutes of Health and the National Eye Institute, on convergence insufficiency.
The group explained this is a vision problem where the two eyes don’t work together in unison the way they are supposed to when one is reading.
They said the result can make reading very difficult.

Those children showing signs of vision problem need to seek medical help fast before things could get worse.

The researchers added while at least one out of every 20 school-age children is impacted by convergence insufficiency, there are other visual abnormalities to be considered.
The researchers said it is estimated that over 60% of problem learners have undiagnosed vision problems contributing to their difficulties.
Moreover, the researchers said the good news is the majority of these vision problems can be treated with a program of optometric vision therapy.
The study by the group found that in-office vision therapy was the best treatment for convergence insufficiency.
To detect if your child has vision problems here are the five most common signs that a vision problem may be interfering with your child’s ability to read and learn are:

A. Skips lines, rereads lines.
B. Poor reading comprehension.
C. Takes much longer doing homework than it should take.
D. Reverses letters like b’s into d’s when reading.
E. Has a short attention span with reading and schoolwork.