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A systematic review of controlled trials on visual stress using Intuitive Overlays or the Intuitive Colorimeter

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of Optometry, July 2016
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Title
A systematic review of controlled trials on visual stress using Intuitive Overlays or the Intuitive Colorimeter
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Journal of Optometry, July 2016
DOI 10.1016/j.optom.2016.04.002
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Bruce J.W. Evans, Peter M. Allen

Abstract

Claims that coloured filters aid reading date back 200 years and remain controversial. Some claims, for example, that more than 10% of the general population and 50% of people with dyslexia would benefit from coloured filters lack sound evidence and face validity. Publications with such claims typically cite research using methods that have not been described in the scientific literature and lack a sound aetiological framework. Notwithstanding these criticisms, some researchers have used more rigorous selection criteria and methods of prescribing coloured filters that were developed at a UK Medical Research Council unit and which have been fully described in the scientific literature. We review this research and disconfirm many of the more extreme claims surrounding this topic. This literature indicates that a minority subset of dyslexics (circa 20%) may have a condition described as visual stress which most likely results from a hyperexcitability of the visual cortex. Visual stress is characterised by symptoms of visual perceptual distortions, headaches, and eyestrain when viewing repetitive patterns, including lines of text. This review indicates that visual stress is distinct from, although sometimes co-occurs with, dyslexia. Individually prescribed coloured filters have been shown to improve reading performance in people with visual stress, but are unlikely to influence the phonological and memory deficits associated with dyslexia and therefore are not a treatment for dyslexia. This review concludes that larger and rigorous randomised controlled trials of interventions for visual stress are required. Improvements in the diagnosis of the condition are also a priority.

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 7 20%
Student > Bachelor 6 17%
Researcher 3 9%
Student > Ph. D. Student 3 9%
Other 2 6%
Other 4 11%
Unknown 10 29%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 7 20%
Nursing and Health Professions 6 17%
Medicine and Dentistry 4 11%
Social Sciences 2 6%
Arts and Humanities 2 6%
Other 4 11%
Unknown 10 29%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 7. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 13 March 2021.
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