Dyslexia Likely Not Caused by Ocular Motility Disorders – Medscape #dyslexia

This study has shown that there is no definitive connection between dyslexia and ocular motility. The study questioned if there were similarities in brain function in genetic developmental dyslexia and the brain function observed in eye movements during reading. The research has shown that these two disorders are not similar. The disorders have their own course of treatment. Visual disorders are treated with corrective lenses and vision therapy, while dyslexia is treated with focus on phonological treatment, such as help with spelling and reading improvement. The determination was made with the discovery that subjects with ocular motility disorders function in a pattern similar to typical readers, while dyslexic subjects are affected neurologically which indicates a different approach for improvement.