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US 2015/0305965 A1Published application
Reading therapy
AssigneeKing-Devick Test, LLC
InventorSteven Devick
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Abstract
Systems and methods for improving saccadic eye movement are disclosed.
Claims24
A method of using a computer, the computer comprising a visual output device, the computer being configured to visually display numbers in spatial and temporal arrangements on the visual output device, the method comprising:
- (a) visually presenting the visual output device to a trainee;
- (b) instructing the trainee to read aloud numbers displayed on the visual output device in a specified order without moving the trainee's head;
- (c) visually displaying to the trainee a predetermined spatial and temporal arrangement of numbers on the visual output device;
- (d) reading aloud the numbers in the visually displayed predetermined spatial and temporal arrangement, wherein reading is to be carried out by the trainee without moving the trainee's head, thereby causing the trainee to engage in saccadic eye movement while reading the numbers;
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- (e) repeating steps (c) and (d) on a predetermined schedule.
3 more elements
A method of rehearsing saccadic eye movement using a visual display device including a plurality of non-transient predetermined spatial arrangements of numbers, the method comprising:
- (a) visually presenting to a trainee the visual display device and a chosen predetermined spatial arrangement of the plurality of predetermined spatial arrangements of numbers;
- (b) instructing the trainee to read aloud the numbers in the chosen predetermined spatial arrangement in a specified order without moving the trainee's head;
- (c) visually displaying to the trainee the chosen predetermined spatial arrangement of numbers on the visual display;
- (d) reading aloud the numbers in the chosen predetermined spatial arrangement, wherein reading is to be carried out by the trainee without moving the trainee's head, thereby causing the trainee to engage in saccadic eye movement while reading the numbers;
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- (e) repeating steps (c) and (d) on a predetermined schedule.
3 more elements
A method of improving reading fluency, the method comprising:
- identifying a trainee in need of improved reading fluency;
- the trainee undertaking a predetermined series of saccadic eye movements;
- the trainee repeating the predetermined series of saccadic eye movements on a predetermined schedule, thereby improving the trainee's reading fluency.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.