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    Anyone Ever Try Chromagen Lenses?

    ChromaGen™ Vision
    ChromaGen™, lenses are a life changing aid for patients with visual reading disorders associated with Dyslexia, as well as an optical corrective solution for color defiency commonly known as Color Blindness. ChromaGen™ has FDA clearance and is patented.
    Here is how it works: The ChromaGen™ lenses change the wavelength of light going into both your eyes allowing the speed of the information traveling along the your brain’s neurological pathways to be balanced.
    If you suffer from any of the following symptoms...
    • Double vision
    • Words that are blurry or come in and out of focus
    • Words that move up and down, side-to-side and float on the page
    • Words that scrunch together or p u l l a p a r t
    • Words that move or come in-and-out of focus
    • Spaces in between the lines move
    • Colorblindness or color deficiency
    • Poor handwriting


    http://www.chromagenvisionllc.com/

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    Gee! I hadn't heard that they now cure dyslexia, Double vision, blurry words that come in or out (wait a mininite isn't that uncorrected cylinder?) moving words, words that scrunch and spread, poor handwritting and the like. Do remember this being some what effective in a percentage of color blind patients.
    Gee combined with Mr. Bates stuff you could make a fortune and make the world happy.

    Chip

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    This is like the Irlens thing...

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    OOH Look! The have a non-EVASIVE exam!! I guess that means they will answer any question?
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    I do not see anywhere that it says "Cures Dyslexia". It doesn't say anything about changing cylinder either?

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    You may not see it but you do see at least 5 things it couldn't possibly even be relevant to. The only thing I have ever heard of it helping is a percentage (not even a majority) of color blindness. It sure isn't going to cure bad handwritting or any of the reading conditions described unless the writting is in color.

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    Blue Jumper Dyslexia is a brain-based type of learning disability................................

    The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke gives the following definition for dyslexia:
    "Dyslexia is a brain-based type of learning disability that specifically impairs a person's ability to read. These individuals typically read at levels significantly lower than expected despite having normal intelligence. Although the disorder varies from person to person, common characteristics among people with dyslexia are difficulty with spelling, phonological processing (the manipulation of sounds), and/or rapid visual-verbal responding. In adults, dyslexia usually occurs after a brain injury or in the context of dementia. It can also be inherited in some families and so on, and recent studies have identified a number of genes that may predispose an individual to developing dyslexia".[1]

    source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyslexia


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    Gee then, can Chromagen lenses fix brain disorders? Wow! This also means that all those silly tints and exercises for dyslexia are fraudulent. My, my.....

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    To answer your question. No not yet.

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    Quote Originally Posted by chip anderson View Post
    Gee! I hadn't heard that they now cure dyslexia, Double vision, blurry words that come in or out (wait a mininite isn't that uncorrected cylinder?) moving words, words that scrunch and spread, poor handwritting and the like. Do remember this being some what effective in a percentage of color blind patients.
    Gee combined with Mr. Bates stuff you could make a fortune and make the world happy.

    Chip
    "Mr. Bates" was an ophthalmologist. So that would make him "Dr. Bates".

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    It made him a quack. Or if used in his title and capitalized: "Quack Bates". :hammer::shiner::cheers:

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    Quote Originally Posted by Uilleann View Post
    It made him a quack. Or if used in his title and capitalized: "Quack Bates". :hammer::shiner::cheers:

    I thought he had a Masters. Which would make him Master.... Oh, nevermind...

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    *giggle*

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    to refer children with dyslexia to a behavioral or developmental optometrist.........


    Since ancient times, many people have held the mistaken belief that poor eyesight can be cured by special eye exercises. This belief was brought to its highest state of fruition by a one-time reputable physician, William Horatio Bates, M.D., who in 1920 published The Cure of Imperfect Eyesight by Treatment Without Glasses.


    Vision therapists who refer to themselves as "developmental" or "behavioral" optometrists assert that most vision disorders are the result of learned or environmental factors and can be corrected through eye training. For example, they may suggest biofeedback training to reverse nearsightedness or recommend low-power glasses ("learning lenses") to children with reading problems. The initials C.O.V.D. after a practitioner's name refer to the College of Optometrists in Vision Development, which is a national organization that provides training, promotional, and referral services for its members. Another proponent group is the Optometric Extension Program (O.E.P.), which began as the Oklahoma Extension Program in the 1920s. O.E.P has contributed greatly to advancing the optometric profession by providing optometrists with postgraduate continuing education. In recent years, however, its programs have emphasized 'behavioral optometry" and vision therapy. Even though there is no scientific evidence that vision therapy can improve academic performance, the public relations activities of these two organizations have persuaded many teachers and counselors to refer children with dyslexia to a behavioral or developmental optometrist.

    source: http://www.quackwatch.org/01Quackery.../eyequack.html

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