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Tests For Irlens

Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
in Health & Wellbeing
I got advised to have a test for irlens done just after I enrolled at college. I had mine done today.

Apparantely, there's something about tinted lenses - what happens in this, please?

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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    What I could find that talks about Irlen and tinted windows concerns stuff done by the irlen Institute

    They are apparently an institute based on something called the 'Irlen Method' - a non-invasive system using coloured overlays and filters to improve the brain's ability to process visual information.

    There's loads about it and an online test over here -

    http://irlen.com/index.php

    Apparently the condition it treats is called Irlen Syndrome, formerly Scotopic Sensitivity Syndrome (SSS)

    Here's the wikipedia description, which is comprehensive -
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotopic_Sensitivity_Syndrome
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Your college or possibly your doctor will probably be able to give you more information as well. From what Jim said it just seems like wearing tinted glasses I mean like you say you find using yellow paper easier (I think?) so its probably tinted glasses so everything has a slightly yellow tint or something like that.

    And you get to look like morpheus. ;)

    pic_morpheus.jpg
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    ShyBoy wrote: »
    I mean like you say you find using yellow paper easier (I think?)

    Yes. I had a test done today and found grey slightly easier than yellow. I now have to (somehow) find grey lined paper.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    its easy to find grey paper, there are places that do lined but i think they are all online. i need to go to an optometrist soon and get my colour re assessed. are you not getting tinted glasses or acetate? i found acetates very helpful, but the glasses have worked ten fold.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    twisted_trinity wrote: »
    its easy to find grey paper, there are places that do lined but i think they are all online. i need to go to an optometrist soon and get my colour re assessed. are you not getting tinted glasses or acetate? i found acetates very helpful, but the glasses have worked ten fold.

    Where? I've only found one place. (tintavision) that does it. Ive been given some plain grey, but I can't write on plain paper.

    I've been given acetate. Not too sure if I'm getting tinted glasses yet.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    you normally get the glasses if you have done well with the acetates but need a little more.

    emptech are the place to get coloured lined paper from. about 2 quid a shot
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