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Channel 12 News

Undiagnosed Vision Disorder Causes Reading Problems in Kids

In a Channel 12 News segment titled “Undiagnosed Vision Disorder Causes Reading Problems in Kids,” Dr. Murray, a developmental optometrist, shared her insights on a prevalent yet often overlooked issue. Many children who struggle with reading are misdiagnosed with a learning disability when what they are actually dealing with is an undiagnosed vision disorder.

She emphasized the importance of comprehensive eye exams, noting that standard school vision screenings might not detect subtler issues such as convergence insufficiency or accommodative dysfunction. Those vision problems can significantly affect a child’s academic performance and self-esteem — which is why she urges parents and educators to seek a thorough optometric evaluation for any child facing unexplained reading challenges.

What the segment was about

Vision Problems Hide Behind Reading Problems

The issues Dr. Murray described on air are the ones we test for every day. Here is where to read more about each.

When Reading Struggles Look Like a Learning Disability

Eye teaming, focusing and tracking problems can look exactly like a reading or learning disability from the outside. Here is what we evaluate and how therapy addresses it.

What a School Screening Can Miss

A school screening usually checks how clearly a child sees a chart across the room. It is not built to measure the near-vision skills that sustained reading depends on.

Convergence Insufficiency

One of the subtle problems Dr. Murray named on air: the eyes struggle to turn in and stay aimed together at reading distance, so words blur, double or swim.

Accommodative (Focusing) Disorders

The other one: the focusing system cannot lock on or hold near work comfortably, so reading gets blurry, tiring and short-lived even with 20/20 eyesight.

A comprehensive developmental eye exam goes beyond the eye chart: it measures how the two eyes team, focus and track together at reading distance. If your child sees fine but reading is a fight, that is worth measuring.

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Media Inquiries

Reporters, producers and school or community groups looking for a developmental optometrist to speak on children's vision, reading and learning can reach the practice at (561) 462-1245 or through our contact page. Dr. Christina Murray is a developmental optometrist and a board-certified Fellow of Optometric Vision Development and Rehabilitation (FOVDR).

Wondering If This Is Your Child?

An evaluation is how you find out. We measure the visual skills reading depends on and tell you plainly what we find — at our Boynton Beach and Boca Raton offices.

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