Irlen Assessments Adelaide
Screening & Tinting - Pricing & Process
Finding Your Solution to Visual Stress
Assessment Options & Pricing
Step 1: Initial Screening Assessment
Discover if Irlen Syndrome is affecting you
$180 | 60+ minutes
Step 2: Precision Tinting Assessment
Get custom-tinted lenses matched to your needs
$250 | 60-90+ minutes
Combined Assessment (Steps 1 + 2)
Complete evaluation in one booking
$350 SAVE $80
Not sure where to start?
Step 1: Initial Irlen Screening Assessment
Conducted by: Certified Irlen Screener or Diagnostician
The screening assessment determines whether Irlen Syndrome is affecting your reading, concentration, or visual comfort—and whether coloured filters can help.
What Happens
You'll test different colored overlays on
reading material while we evaluate how color
affects your:
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Reading speed and accuracy
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Visual comfort and clarity
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Comprehension and focus
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Physical symptoms (headaches, fatigue)
What We Assess
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Light sensitivity and glare issues
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Visual distortions (text movement, blurring)
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Pattern and contrast difficulties
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Depth perception challenges
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Eye strain and fatigue triggers
What You Receive
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Irlen coloured overlay (if colour provides significant improvement)
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One-page summary report
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Referral for tinting assessment (if appropriate)
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Recommendations for accommodations
Duration:
60+ minutes
Cost:
$180
Additional:
Home assessments
and detailed
written reports
available on request
Step 2: Precision Tinting Assessment
If colored overlays made a significant difference during screening, custom-tinted Irlen lenses will provide relief beyond just reading—helping with computers, driving, fluorescent lights, and all daily activities.
⚠️ Important: Diagnostician-Only Service
Precision tinting assessments can only be conducted by Certified Irlen Diagnosticians. This specialized training ensures accurate wavelength selection and optimal results.
What Makes This Different
During tinting, we're not just finding "a colour that helps." We test up to hundreds of precise colour combinations using diagnostic filters to identify the exact wavelengths of light causing your visual stress.
Your tint will likely differ from your overlay colour because we're now testing what works for you when you look through the tint at the world—not just at a page beneath an overlay
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What We Determine
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The exact wavelengths causing your visual stress
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The optimal tint combinations for your brain
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Whether tints help only reading or also the environment
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The custom specifications for the laboratory to make up
What Happens Next
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You choose your frames from your optometrist
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We send your specifications to the Irlen laboratory (Perth)
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The laboratory constructs and tints your lenses
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Your glasses posted directly to you
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You contact us for a follow-up session to ensure optimal performance
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Duration:
60-90+ minutes
(sometimes split across two sessions)
Cost:
$250 (or $350 combined with screening)
Conducted by: Certified Irlen Diagnostician
Step 3 Getting Your Irlen Lenses
If You Do NOT Require a Prescription
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Download our frame selection guide (link below)
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Choose frames from your optometrist
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Bring frames to tinting assessment (or purchase afterwards to match tint colors)
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We send your specifications to Irlen laboratory in Perth
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Laboratory cost: $295 for tinting
If You Require a Prescription
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Download our frame selection guide (link below)
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Choose frames from your optometrist
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Important: Do NOT have the prescription made up by your optometrist—most optometrists cannot supply the required tintable lens material
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Ask your optometrist to provide all prescription details (pupil distance, multifocal height markings, etc.)
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We send frame, prescription details, and tint specifications to Irlen laboratory
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Laboratory cost: $398-$500+ (includes tinting - and varies by prescription complexity)
📋 Download: PDF
⚠️ Warning About Non-Irlen Colored Glasses
Coloured glasses that don't use the precise Irlen evaluation process may not provide the exact tint you need. Even slight tint differences can worsen symptoms, causing increased headaches, eye strain, and reading difficulties.
Only Irlen-certified laboratories can create the precise spectral filters identified in your assessment.
When You Need a Re-Tint
Your tint requirements can change over time due to:
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Lens scratching or fading
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Significant illness or injury
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Major life changes or stress
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Bodywork treatments or therapies
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Natural changes in visual processing
Recommended schedule:
Re-assessment every 12-18 months, or sooner if you notice decreased effectiveness.
Duration:
60+ minutes
Cost:
$225
Before You Book
Do I need an eye exam first?
This is recommended but not required unless you have focusing issues or binocular vision problems,. Irlen filters address how your brain processes visual information: visual processing—a completely different system..
Optometrists assess eye health and visual acuity.
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Visual acuity (6/6 vision)
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Eye health (glaucoma, cataracts, etc.)
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Need for corrective lenses
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Eye muscle function
Irlen assessments evaluate:
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How your brain processes visual information
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Light sensitivity and wavelength stress
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Pattern and contrast perception
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Visual processing speed and accuracy
.Irlen Lenses do not replace glasses or correct vision problems.
You need both. Perfect eyesight doesn't rule out Irlen :
Can I just buy coloured glasses online?
Generic coloured glasses or blue-light filters are not the same as precision-tinted Irlen lenses. Irlen tinting identifies your specific problematic wavelengths and filters only those—often requiring combinations of multiple tint layers.
Wrong tints can actually make symptoms worse. The assessment process is essential.
Is this covered by NDIS or health insurance?
Irlen assessments are not usually covered under NDIS unless visual processing difficulties impact your daily functioning and are included in your plan. Contact your NDIS coordinator to discuss.
Some private health insurance policies do provide partial rebates. Check with your provider.
What if the tint doesn't help?
You'll see if colour makes a difference during the screening assessment. We only recommend forward with tinting if you experience clear, significant improvement.
If colored overlays don't help during screening, we'll discuss other possibilities and won't proceed to tinting.
Ready to Get Started?
Book a free 15-minute consultation to discuss your symptoms and determine the best assessment approach for you.
Book Free Consultation Call 08 7127 4938
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