Reading Assessments

Visual stress is a very common learning difficulty which affects someone’s ability to read, write and spell.

Some common symptoms of visual stress include:

Letters seeming to move around on the page.
Putting letters in the wrong order when spelling words.
 Performing an oral task well but struggling with a written task.
 Finding the planning and writing of an essay, letter or report difficult.
 The eyes hurting whilst reading.

We can perform reading assessments which will identify any ocular cause of the reading difficulty such as Meares-Irlen Syndrome. We use a combination of Wilkins Reading Assessment, Coloured Overlays, binocular vision tests and in some cases a computer based assessment to best identify the way forward. If you or your child is experiencing any of these difficulties please do not hesitate to contact us for a reading assessment examination. We understand how challenging and frustrating it can be to have such a learning difficulty and not have help to overcome it. Our Optometrists will explain to you in detail the results and give you an action plan to provide you with on-going help.