Re: Letters jumping & Eyes

[Guest guest]

It’s true what said--eyes not working together can cause you to get

intermittent double vision (diplopia) and can make the letters look like they

are moving around. Particularly if there is a small vertical misalignment of

the eyes—one of those can actually make it harder for your eye muscles to

compensate for any horizontal misalignment.

Most optometrists screen for these types of problems during an exam, and will

do additional testing on people with symptoms like you are describing.

If it turns out your eye alignment, muscle coordination, and focusing skills

are all normal, then it may be more of a brain processing problem

(visual-spatial awareness). There are tests that can identify visual-spatial

difficulties and there are activities that can be done to help with this.

An optometrist that specializes in binocular vision problems (often they are

also pediatric optometrists) or an occupational therapist who specializes in

learning problems are good places to start.

(mom to Evan 8.5 mos and an optometrist)

Chantelle-

One thing talked about was eye dominance and the eyes working together. If

your eyes aren't working well together, it can make the letters jump on the

page as you're describing. And it can cause trouble the directions of

letters. Since it's new to me, it's more than I can explain in writing this

late at night. Especially with Tim saying it's likely to do with vision, I

am feeling even more confident that it is.

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