Loses place when moving gaze from desk work to chalkboard, or when copying from text to notebook
Uses a marker or note card to keep their place when reading
Irregular letters, word spacing or writing up or downhill
Reverses letters (b for d) or words (saw for was)
Regularly omits “small” words
Rereads or skips words or lines unknowingly
Fails to visualize (can’t describe what they have been reading)
Fails to recognize the same word in the next sentence
Misaligns digits in columns of numbers
Headaches after reading or near work
Burning or itching eyes after doing near vision work
Blinks excessively when doing near work, but not otherwise
Rubs eyes during or after short periods of reading
Comprehension declines as reading continues
Patients with these systems would make a great vision therapy candidate.