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Scotopic sensitivity syndrome, also known as Visual Stress, Irlen Syndrome, and Asfedia, is a condition relating to the interaction of the central nervous system and the eyes at a physiological level with light.
A student suffering from Irlen Syndrome can display symptoms similar to dyslexia; the use of specifically tinted lenses can significantly increase academic success.
Erlin Syndrome manifests itself most notably in terms of reading, although the symptoms of the condition can be more general than this. The condition does attract some controversy not in terms of its existence per se, but in the efficacy of reputed methods of treatment.
In the early 1980s New Zealand teacher Olive Meares described the visual distortions some students reported when reading from white paper, while American therapist professor Helen Irlen wrote a paper about the use of coloured overlays aiding the reading abilities of some people.
Irlen, who was the first to systematically define the condition, named her findings “scotopic sensitivity”, though in the discussions and debates over the following years some referred to it as Meares-Irlen syndrome.
There remains to this day stark controversy over whether non-Irlen-certified Meares-Irlen Syndrome and the original Irlen Syndrome are the same condition.
Basic testing for scotopic sensitivity was tried by optometrists, opticians, and orthoptists in UK hospitals, and by optometrists and opticians in private practice employing a technique that used the Intuitive Colorimeter, developed under Medical Research Council license.
An alternative approach to correct Irlen Syndrome was also tried by Orthoscopics franchise in the UK, with wide color coverage and tints manufactured by Hoyato match. Other commercial organisations have produced sets of therapeutic tints, although most have not received scientific evaluation.
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