Letters move on the page like ants. Flipping: a “b” can become a “d” and back to a “b” in seconds. River effect: spacing occurs at random. Melted letters: letters actually shrink to the point that you can no longer tell what they are. Washout effect: the centers of the letters disappear. Swirl effect: the only portion of the page that is clear is perhaps one inch at a time. Blurry effect: this looks like the same writing went through a copier 4 to 5 times. Seesaw effect: letters appear in waves instead of a straight line. White space between words dominating a page and causing words to disappear, to print that would dance, vibrate, pulsate, jiggle, shift, shimmer, move and more. Other distortions reported were lines of text that appeared to slide sideways across or down a page, words washed out through the center, words with halos, and words crowded together with little or no space between. Discomfort or difficulty reading (reading involves busy patterns, particulary stripes. People with strong symptoms of the syndrome find it difficult to read black text on white paper, particulary when the paper is slightly shiny.Text that appears to move (rise, fall, swirl, shake, etc.) Seeing the part and losing the whole. Attention and concentration difficulties are the result. To see sample distortions go to http://irlen.com/distortioneffects.php
Distortions which Irlen Syndrome can cause when reading
April 14, 2007 By Leave a Comment