Reading Fluency and Accommodative Lag

University of Alabama at Birmingham72 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this study is to determine whether special reading glasses improve children's ability to learn to read.

Many children are believed to under accommodate (have a lag of accommodation) when looking at near targets. If this occurs, the retinal image is out of focus. Children who have a lag of accommodation may have difficulty in focusing their eyes at near for long periods of time. This difficulty could reduce their ability to read fluently. Children with above average lags of accommodation will be randomly assigned to a group which receives special reading glasses or a group which does not. The groups will be assessed using a standard test for reading fluency.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

DOUBLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Ocular Accommodation

Interventions

Autorefractor, standard clinical instrumentOTHER

Autorefractor, standard clinical instrument was used to assess the children's focusing power at near.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 5 YearsMax age: 9 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Children in grades 1, 2 and 3 who consent and assent to participate Exclusion Criteria: * Children in the special education program * Children who are unwilling to have their eyes dilated or be tested * Children who are unwilling to wear the glasses

Locations (1)

Eutaw Primary School

Eutaw, Alabama, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

DIBELS test scores .

Time frame: 1 -2 years

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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