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Lenny, a very pleasant young man of fifteen, came to me with a
label of “Dyslexia”. Twenty minutes later the label
was removed, as following a simple yet highly accurate computer
generate test, no dyslexic traits were
detected.
On talking at length with his mother it became apparent that on
her husband’s side on the family there were many male members with
distinct learning difficulties.
The pregnancy had gone well, the labour had been short and the
delivery uncomplicated until it was realised that the cord was round
the babies’ neck and causing foetal distress.
Lenny’s progress was unremarkable if perhaps somewhat delayed and
no problems were encountered until he started at school. In the
formal learning situation he failed, unable to
learn anything unless by constant repetition. He excelled at sport
and was popular amongst his peers but privately was deeply unhappy
with little or no self-esteem.
On examination he had 20/20 vision but when tested to see if his
eyes could converge and hold that convergence, the left eye repeatedly
floated back to its original position. When the eyes were directly
illuminated, the left pupil constricted and held the constriction
while the right eye constricted and then failed.
Further testing demonstrated that the left cerebellum was
under functioning and the right cerebral hemisphere was
well below the left in terms of processing speeds.
Lenny was treated by the use of a computer
program that he could use on a daily basis at home. The
program makes the user perform all the normal eye movements from
glissade ( slow pursuits) to saccade (fast targeting) and convergence
by the use of slow/fast moving targets and random dot stereo grams.
Two months later Lenny had the full range of normal eye movements
but was still having certain problems. Unfortunately, he now has
a lot of catching up to do and must correct mistakes he has learnt
whilst he had the problem. However, with his new high level of confidence
and a little extra tuition, it is thought he will have no problems
in the future.
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