Medical Journal of the Islamic Republic Of Iran
مجله پزشکی جمهوری اسلامی ایران
Med J Islam Repub Iran
Medical Sciences
http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir
2
journal2
1016-1430
2251-6840
8
10.18869/mjiri
14
8888
13
en
jalali
1395
10
1
gregorian
2017
1
1
31
1
online
1
fulltext
en
Oculomotor rehabilitation in children with dyslexia
Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation
Original Research
Original Research
<p><strong>Background: </strong>Dyslexia is the most common learning disorder. Visual and oculomotor deficits in dyslexic children have been reported. The purpose of this study was to measure oculomotor parameters and analyze the effect of oculomotor rehabilitation strategies on dyslexia.<br>
<strong>Methods: </strong>Binocular eye movements were recorded by oculomotor subtype of videonystagmography (VNG) testing on 30 children with dyslexia and 20 typical reader children (aged 8–12) in both genders. Dyslexic children were diagnosed with DSM-V scale by experts in reading disorder centers. We studied those children with developmental dyslexia, who had deficits in eye movements recording. Dyslexic children were divided into 2 groups of case and control. Oculomotor rehabilitation (including fixation, saccade, and tracking training) was performed in case group for 1 hour, twice weekly for 8 weeks. Before the intervention, results of oculomotor tests were compared between 3 groups (healthy, case, and control). Then, to analyze the effect of the intervention, results of oculomotor tests were compared between case and control groups in pre- and post- intervention stage. Data were analyzed by independent and paired samples t tests, ANOVA, and repeated measures tests in SPSS v. 21.<br>
<strong>Results:</strong> There were significant differences in oculomotor characteristics of dyslexic children in comparison with those reported in typical children. Oculomotor rehabilitation intervention had a positive effect on improvement of oculomotor responses and eye movements in dyslexic children. Moreover, there was no statistically significant difference between dyslexic children and non-dyslexic children in oculomotor skills after the training.<br>
<strong>Conclusion:</strong> Our results showed the positive effects of oculomotor rehabilitation on eye movements. Primary oculomotor assessment in dyslexic children and early use of oculomotor rehabilitation combined with other treatments are highly recommended. <br>
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Dyslexia, Eye movements, Oculomotor deficiency, Oculomotor rehabilitation
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837
http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-3544-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1
Fatemeh
Jafarlou
fatemejafarloo@gmail.com
200319475328460035687
200319475328460035687
No
Department of Audiology, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Farnoush
Jarollahi
ahadi.m@iums.ac.ir
200319475328460035688
200319475328460035688
Yes
Department of Audiology, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Mohsen
Ahadi
ahadi.m@iums.ac.ir
200319475328460035689
200319475328460035689
No
Department of Audiology, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Vahid
Sadeghi-Firoozabadi
vsadeghi@gmail.com
200319475328460035690
200319475328460035690
No
Deputy Head of Psychological Labs, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Educa-tion & Psychology, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.
Hamid
Haghani
haghani511@yahoo.com
200319475328460035691
200319475328460035691
No
Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.