What are the common symptoms of a focusing problem?

The most common symptoms include:

• Eyestrain and headaches after reading for a short period of time
• Inability to concentrate when reading
• Short attention span
• Rubbing or closing an eye
• Words moving on the page
• Good decoding skills, but poor comprehension

Eyeteaming problems that result in such symptoms actually have more impact on learning and performance at work than do vision problems that cause a lack of clarity. Unfortunately, most school vision screenings are only designed to detect vision problems that cause a lack of clarity. Very few school screenings even test for eyeteaming disorders.