Controversial Vision Therapies

A wide range of treatments of reading difficulty have been proposed and marketed, often with little appropriate evaluation. Several that relate to vision are discussed in this chapter, including the training of saccadic and pursuit eye movements, treatment of ocular dominance, some elements of behavioural optometry, and cerebellar function (balance) training. There are some followers for each of these methods, but it is concluded the evidence does not support the widespread adoption of these approaches.