Colored Overlays
Irlen Overlays are the original colored overlay technology. They are used by hundreds of thousands of students and over one-million people worldwide. Irlen Overlays are the only colored overlays available backed by more than a decade of scientific research and used by more than 4,000 school districts worldwide.
Colored overlays are most effective for individuals whose difficulties are isolated to reading. If you experience challenges with writing, math, depth perception, night driving, or the environment, colored filters (worn as glasses) will be your best treatment option. However, colored overlays are an important first step in determining whether the Irlen Method can work for you and provide your first experience with relief.
Colored Overlays can help
- Improve print clarity and stability
- Reduce strain and fatigue
- Eliminate headaches
- Improve comprehension
- Tracking and keeping your place while reading
- Make reading faster
- Allow you to read longer and with comfort
"The use of Irlen Colored Overlays and filters may provide the fighting chance many at-risk readers deserve."
-- The Reading Teacher. William Henk, Ed.D, Associate Professor of Education and Reading Pennsylvania State University.
Colored Overlays Work
"After 3 months of using Irlen Colored Overlays, students demonstrated significant improvement in reading achievement with gains between 1 year 8 months to 2 years 8 months."
-- Australian Journal of Learning Disabilities
"Our research has shown an immediate and significant increase in reading speed using colored overlays."
-- Applied Psychology Unit, Cambridge University
"...significant improvement in reading comprehension and rate for those using Irlen Spectral Filters."
-- Dr. Greg Robinson, University of Newcastle
"After one week, those that received the correct Irlen Colored transparencies gained 6.6 months in reading accuracy and 19.35 months in reading comprehension."
-- Journal of Reading Disabilities
Colored lenses provided by optometrists and vision specialists to treat reading problems are NOT the same as the Irlen Method. These professionals do not have the right colors, or diagnostic process for color selection. Inaccurate colour selection can result in headaches, eye strain, and fragmented brain processing resulting in more distortions and reading problems.
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