What is Irlen® Syndrome

Millions of people use Irlen® Lenses for Irlen Syndrome

 

But what is it?  It 

 

• is not a learning disability
  but can cause specific learning problems.

 

• is not a visual difficulty
  but can cause  visual stress.

 

• is a visual perceptual dysfunction
  affected by lighting, glare, high contrast, patterns
  and colours.

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• is not an "eye problem"  but a problem with 
  the brain processing visual information. 

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• affects how you perceive the printed page.
   It's tiring because you have to keep adapting to
  distortions from print in the background.

 

• can cause you to confuse letters, words and sentences, and numbers.

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• can be worse under bright or flourescent lights

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• makes it harder for you to deal with moving objects - balls, people, escalators etc. Bad for sportspeople!

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• puts another layer of stress, “visual stress” into the system and can increased symptoms for other difficulties such as PRSD or TBI.

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• can be easily and effectively dealt with through use of colour.