Signs that indicate that our child has trouble reading

If you notice that your child has trouble reading or watching TV, you may be facing a vision problem. For example, when the child has nearsightedness, he or she gets closer to the books and winks when he or she is watching TV. Vision problems also affect the child's reading comprehension. We tell yo

If you notice that your child has trouble reading or watching TV, you may be facing a vision problem. For example, when the child has nearsightedness, he or she gets closer to the books and winks when he or she is watching TV.

Vision problems also affect the child's reading comprehension. We tell you how you can detect a case of myopia, astigmatism or amblyopia through the way your child read.

How to know if the child has trouble reading

A vision problem can influence reading problems, it can generate difficulties when carrying out the movement that the eyes have to do in order to read. What are the symptoms ?:

- When the child skips lines or lines when reading.

- When the child uses his finger to read as a marker to avoid getting lost.

- The child moves his head in a way that allows him to get closer to the reading.

- All this effort that will lead the child not to miss out on the line, reading the word he has to read at each moment can also affect his reading comprehension and to be able to understand well what he is reading.

What is the normal distance we must respect to read? Usually the right distance to read us we call Harmon d istance, which is the distance from the elbow to the chin. Usually speaking about 30-40 centimeters but, we can calculate it taking into account this.How to know if the child when reading has vision problems{* content = "video" id = "38995" *}

With the collaboration of:

Teresa Molina Martín

Optician and optometrist

ISAVI, Institute of Visual Health