Re: Heterochromia issue with reading

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If the eye doctor says she is fine.... she is probably fine !! The

eye color has absolutely nothing to do with vision (which comes from

the lens of the eye and the shape of the cornia).

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> Hi,

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> I have a child (9) with heterochromia, blue/green color iris. She

> says when she reads more than a paragraph things get blurry. I have

> taken her to eye specialist and they say her eyes are functioning at

> 20/20.

> Have any of you adults ever experienced anything similar? I think she

> just doesn't want to do her reading assignments but I thought I would

> ask some adults before I crack the whip on reading.

>

> Thanks so much for any input.

>

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> Hi,

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> I have a child (9) with heterochromia, blue/green color iris. She

> says when she reads more than a paragraph things get blurry. I have

> taken her to eye specialist and they say her eyes are functioning at

> 20/20.

> Have any of you adults ever experienced anything similar? I think she

> just doesn't want to do her reading assignments but I thought I would

> ask some adults before I crack the whip on reading.

>

> Thanks so much for any input.

>

Uhm, in my experience it has never caused me any problems, and I'm 20

yrs old and have to read ALOT for college classes.

[Guest guest]

Hello there,

There are two questions that should be answered by your opthamologist in order to make sure your daughter doesn't have a eye tracking issue.

The first would be if she has Heterochromia iridium (the scientific name for two different color eyes in the same individual) or heterochromia iridis, in which an individual has a variety of colors within one iris.

This is important because the lighter your whole eye color, the lighter the image that reaches your brain. In heterochromiacs with say, a dark brown and a light blue iris, the brain will have a harder time bringing the two images together to form a cohesive single image. This will cause an unfocusing of the non-dominant eye, and certainly could cause her to see it as blurriness. Usually though, (in adults that have been studied, and we're talking maybe twenty, thirty people) it manifests itself as photophobia (light-sensitivity) and headaches.

The next question is if your daughter was born with the heterochromia, as opposed to developing it due to an injury, medication, etc. The difference being a result of genes or an environmental influence. This is important because both examples will have definitive side effects and could reasonably contribute to blurriness.

I think honestly you should consult a pediatric opthamologist, one with at least one other patient with heterochromia. Even by email, one should be willing to write you back.

PS. I do have to say that studies show 87% percent of readers begin to skim written text after three lines. This could certainly cause a sensation of blurriness (try to read something really boring (like the phone book) and not skim it, and the lines will blur).

From: colorad012071207 <colorad012071207@...>Subject: Heterochromia issue with readingheterochromia Date: Tuesday, September 16, 2008, 10:17 PM

Hi,I have a child (9) with heterochromia, blue/green color iris. Shesays when she reads more than a paragraph things get blurry. I havetaken her to eye specialist and they say her eyes are functioning at20/20. Have any of you adults ever experienced anything similar? I think shejust doesn't want to do her reading assignments but I thought I wouldask some adults before I crack the whip on reading.Thanks so much for any input.

[Guest guest]

The below explaination sounds all scientific.... but if this

was actually true... and people who have light eyes see

images " lighter " than people with dark eyes.....Then blue eyed people

should see very well at night and people with dark brown eyes should

have considerable difficulty seeing at night ?? How in the heck did

someone come up with this ?? How can anyone tell how each of us sees

light, or color, or whatever ??

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> From: colorad012071207 <colorad012071207@...>

> Subject: Heterochromia issue with reading

> heterochromia

> Date: Tuesday, September 16, 2008, 10:17 PM

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> Hi,

>

> I have a child (9) with heterochromia, blue/green color iris. She

> says when she reads more than a paragraph things get blurry. I have

> taken her to eye specialist and they say her eyes are functioning at

> 20/20.

> Have any of you adults ever experienced anything similar? I think

she

> just doesn't want to do her reading assignments but I thought I

would

> ask some adults before I crack the whip on reading.

>

> Thanks so much for any input.

>

[Guest guest]

I was always told that the lighter your eyes, the more hues you are able to see. So far, it seems to be true. For instance, I have blue/green eyes and my husband dark brown. He will call something that is a light, light yellow beige. He simply can't see that yellow. There are certain hues of pink that he can't distinguish as well, but he is not color blind. I have seen this with other friends and relatives who have brown eyes. People with lighter eyes are more sensitive to light but they don't see things "lighter." This is interesting. I'll have to ask my doctor the next time I go in for an exam.        Best Selling Author of Son of My Soul - The Adoption of , A Very Special Child - An Adoption Story - co-author Jesus Gandhi Oma Mae "; scribe for Bullfrog Catcher http://www.DebraShiveleyWelch.netI firmly believe that I have received the same child I was meant to receive whether I gave birth or adopted. The same soul, the same entity was meant to be mine from the beginning of time. Debra Shiveley Welch "A Very Special Child"

-- Heterochromia issue with reading> heterochromia > Date: Tuesday, September 16, 2008, 10:17 PM> > > > > > > Hi,> > I have a child (9) with heterochromia, blue/green color iris. She> says when she reads more than a paragraph things get blurry. I have> taken her to eye specialist and they say her eyes are functioning at> 20/20. > Have any of you adults ever experienced anything similar? I think she> just doesn't want to do her reading assignments but I thought I would> ask some adults before I crack the whip on reading.> > Thanks so much for any input.>

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Hrm, well I tried to find an explanation that did not run over with scientific terms but I didn't come across one. I think, probably, the best layman's example would be how people with very light colored eyes have a much higher rate of photophobia (light sensitivity) than people with dark eyes.

In essence, the eye functions in a very simple manner. Light waves passes through the cornea, through the lens, and finally converging and forming an image at the cornea. An electrical signal is then sent to the brain.

Light waves have to pass through the pupil, or the black spot of the eyes. In the dark, the pupil is enlarged to allow more light to enter, and in a bright environment, the pupil is shrunk to reduce the amount of light entering. This is all controlled by the iris, the colored part of the eye.

Now when we talk about the difference in imaging that reaches the eye, we are talking about extremely minute differences. So minute that no, someone with blue eyes would not be able to say they see better in the dark than someone with brown eyes. But enough of a difference that our brains can tell the difference between one image from the brown eye and one image from the blue eye.

Hope that helps,

From: elizabeth99brown <pstines@...>Subject: Re: Heterochromia issue with readingheterochromia Date: Friday, September 19, 2008, 9:54 AM

The below explaination sounds all scientific.. .. but if this was actually true... and people who have light eyes see images "lighter" than people with dark eyes.....Then blue eyed people should see very well at night and people with dark brown eyes should have considerable difficulty seeing at night ?? How in the heck did someone come up with this ?? How can anyone tell how each of us sees light, or color, or whatever ?? > > From: colorad012071207 <colorad012071207@ ...>> Subject:

Heterochromia issue with reading> heterochromia> Date: Tuesday, September 16, 2008, 10:17 PM> > > > > > > Hi,> > I have a child (9) with heterochromia, blue/green color iris. She> says when she reads more than a paragraph things get blurry. I have> taken her to eye specialist and they say her eyes are functioning at> 20/20. > Have any of you adults ever experienced anything similar? I think she> just doesn't want to do her reading assignments but I thought I would> ask some adults before I crack the whip on reading.> > Thanks so much for any input.>

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Ok the reason why blue eyed people se brighter images is due to the

pigment in their iris. Blue eyed people have less pigment which

absorbs light to prevent the image being to bright (Albinos suffer

photophobia terribly, as they have very minimal pigment) Also people

with less pigment in their iris also tend to have less pigment in the

other ocular structures making the problem even worse. This does not

affect night vision because the light is so minimal to start with.

And the way we came up with all our vision concepts is generally

though the use of Response experiments in humans where we respond to

how bright the light is and then confirmed in the use of Monkey eye

dissection.

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> > From: colorad012071207 <colorad012071207@>

> > Subject: Heterochromia issue with reading

> > heterochromia

> > Date: Tuesday, September 16, 2008, 10:17 PM

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> > Hi,

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> > I have a child (9) with heterochromia, blue/green color iris. She

> > says when she reads more than a paragraph things get blurry. I

have

> > taken her to eye specialist and they say her eyes are functioning

at

> > 20/20.

> > Have any of you adults ever experienced anything similar? I think

> she

> > just doesn't want to do her reading assignments but I thought I

> would

> > ask some adults before I crack the whip on reading.

> >

> > Thanks so much for any input.

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Close, it passes through the iris then the lens and projects on to the retina, then on to the nerves and to the brain When you think of it this way, it makes sense: persons who's ancestry originated in areas where light is more intense (closer to the sun), have brown eyes. People who evolved in areas with less light, like the North, have light eyes. This isn't a very scientific way of putting it, but I'm pretty sure it's correct. I remember a documentary which was discussing the migration of Man from Africa to Europe. While in Africa, eyes were brown to protect from intense light and hair was curly to allow heat to pass from the head and cool the body. As some of us moved North, and we were further away from the sun, our eyes lightened to let in more light, and our hair straightened, to keep the heat in the head and keep the body warmer.        Best Selling Author of Son of My Soul - The Adoption of , A Very Special Child - An Adoption Story - co-author Jesus Gandhi Oma Mae "; scribe for Bullfrog Catcher http://www.DebraShiveleyWelch.netI firmly believe that I have received the same child I was meant to receive whether I gave birth or adopted. The same soul, the same entity was meant to be mine from the beginning of time. Debra Shiveley Welch "A Very Special Child"

-- Heterochromia issue with reading> heterochromia> Date: Tuesday, September 16, 2008, 10:17 PM> > > > > > > Hi,> > I have a child (9) with heterochromia, blue/green color iris. She> says when she reads more than a paragraph things get blurry. I have> taken her to eye specialist and they say her eyes are functioning at> 20/20. > Have any of you adults ever experienced anything similar? I think she> just doesn't want to do her reading assignments but I thought I would> ask some adults before I crack the whip on reading.> > Thanks so much for any input.>

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I still don't understand... and I am not stupid with medical terms

and science. How can one measure if I can see more light with my

blue eye than I can with my brown eye ? Is there actually a way to

measure this, rather than to depend on subjective input from your

subject ?? How do you know that the color " orange " is the same

color to me and it is to you ?? I might see " orange " different than

you see that same color. We all know what color " green " is... but

is my perception of green different than yours ?? How can this be

measured with any kind of reliability ? I know about the albinos,

who are severely photosensitive, but they completely lack pigment.

If there is some proof on how science can measure what colors we see

and how much light we see... Then do persons with blue eyes have an

advantage over those with brown eyes ?? I do know one thing for

sure... and that is that I can see colors other people can't see (I

have one blue eye and one brown eye). I like to look in designer

homes (the really expensive ones), and I will notice color problems

with wall colors and wonder why someone chose a " tan " with pink

undertones. I will mention this, and people will look at me like I

have two heads. When looking at paint chips at the paint stores, I

will tell my husband (blue eyed) that a certain color has green tones

(when looking at a tan or very neutral color chip) and he will simply

not see it. Do I have some kind of advantage because of my

heterochromia ?? (other than people think it is way cool).

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> > From: colorad012071207 <colorad012071207@ ...>

> > Subject: Heterochromia issue with reading

> > heterochromia

> > Date: Tuesday, September 16, 2008, 10:17 PM

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> > Hi,

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> > I have a child (9) with heterochromia, blue/green color iris. She

> > says when she reads more than a paragraph things get blurry. I

have

> > taken her to eye specialist and they say her eyes are functioning

at

> > 20/20.

> > Have any of you adults ever experienced anything similar? I think

> she

> > just doesn't want to do her reading assignments but I thought I

> would

> > ask some adults before I crack the whip on reading.

> >

> > Thanks so much for any input.

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