Dyslexia - Vision Therapy - College Station TX
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Dyslexia

Your child has trouble reading … is it dyslexia?  It could be, but it could also be a binocular vision (eye-teaming) disorder, instability in the focusing system, an eye movement dysfunction, or a perceptual disorder.  Is your child writing letters or numbers backwards?  Vision therapy can help!

Our team will reach out to discuss how we can alleviate your symptoms and help you reach your full potential.

Child with dyslexia organizing letters

Dyslexia

Dyslexia May Not Be The Root Problem

Your child has trouble reading, is it dyslexia?

It could be, but it could also be an binocular vision (eye-teaming) disorder, instability in the focusing system, an eye movement dysfunction, or a perceptual disorder.  It’s important to decipher the underlying cause of a reading difficulty to determine the most appropriate treatment.  Dr. Januskey can evaluate your child for all of these conditions.

What exactly is dyslexia?

Dyslexia is a minimal dysfunction found in the brain.  The precise location of of the dysfunction determines which type of dyslexia someone has.  There are three main types of dyslexia:
  • Dyseidesia is the inability to recognize sight words. These individuals can still sound out words.  They tend to have good phonetic word attack skills, but poor spelling.  It’s caused by a dysfunction in the angular gyrus of the left parietal lobe.
  • Dysphonesia is the inability to decode unfamiliar words.  These individuals know sight-words, but have trouble sounding words out.  It’s caused by a dysfunction in Wernick’s areas of the left temporal and parietal lobes.
  • Dysnemkinesia is the writing of letters and numbers backwards.  This form of dyslexia is less severe than the previous two and can be treated by Dr. Januskey.  Perceptual therapy that focuses on improving a child’s laterality (left/right) and directionality (where an object is in space compared to another object), dysnemkinesia can be corrected.

Hours & Location

Monday 9:00 am - 5:30 pm
Tuesday 9:00 am - 5:30 pm
Wednesday 9:00 am - 5:30 pm
Thursday 9:00 am - 5:30 pm
Friday 9:00 am - 5:30 pm
Closed for lunch
from 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Saturday Closed
Sunday Closed