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Letter 4
March 16, '04
Dr. Jim Miller
Algood Highway
Cookeville, TN 38501
Dear Dr. Miller:
My wife, Rebecca, and I would like to thank you sincerely for your dedicated work with our 1st grade daughter, Hannah.
We both think that had Hannah not received the "blinking glass" therapy with you in Fall 2003 that she would very likely not have been able to read to the extent that she is able to do so today. This result seems quite consistent with the basic results predicted by Dr. Eric Hussey in the optometric articles you gave me in which he suggests that the blinking-glass therapy can be an appropriate treatment for patients with Intermittent Central Suppression (ICS).
Based on the initial testing you performed relative to ICS, the visual processing therapy, and the follow-up testing, we are quite convinced that the blinking-glass therapy Hannah received has helped her to be able to memorize sight words sufficiently to the point that she is able to read at "grade-level". Very interestingly to us, Hannah's significant progress in terms of reading from the blinking-glass therapy occurred very rapidly over about a I 0-week period of time, but then did not change significantly thereafter. In terms of "significant progress", we calculated that Hannah went from being able to recall by sight recall only five (5) Doich sight words prior to the blinking-glass therapy to about fifty (50) of the Dolch sight words within 1 month and then progressing to about 100 of the Dolch sight words within about 2.5 months. After the blinking-glass therapy, Hannah continued to progress, though at a much slower rate with the other therapies (including each of the various "eye-crossing" exercises and the prism glasses). I do not know if this slowed pace of improvement resulted from Hannah's young age, the severity of her ICS condition (which was quite defmite from your initial testing), or otherwise, but I Would have to say that in our specific case that I think Hannah was benefited mainly by the blinking-glass therapy with regard to her specific ability to recall words by sight for reading. Hannah is not able to read phonetically yet, but then we did not expect that this would be a near-term outcome of your therapy plan.
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As regarding the other therapies employed, I think Hatmah did progress somewhat. Since she began wearing the prism glasses without the blinking-glass therapy being employed, her reading has improved additionally (specifically from about 100 Doich sight words to about 125 of the Dolch sight words), though not at nearly the rate of improvement as noted during the blinking-glass therapy. Also, my personal observations were that the various eye-crossing techniques employed did not result in significant improvement in Hannah's ability to recall words by sight. In regard to the "N2 Reading" software, I think this could be quite useful as a replacement or supplement to the blinking-glass therapy, though in our case I think Hannah had already gained the main benefit available from this type of therapy via the blinking glasses in as much near-tenn ability to recall sight words is concerned.
The final visual processing testing you performed clearly indicates that these comprehensive set of therapies have improved Hannah's visual processing skills, and hopefully time (another year or two) will show that these visual processing improvements, especially for visual convergence, will have accelerated Hannah's reading ability longer term. My understanding of Dr. Hussey's articles and your explanations would suggest to me that the main contributor to this improvement was the "blinking glass" therapy, but our hope is that the other therapies will prove themselves with more time.
I want you to know that my wife and I are so appreciative of the significant help you have been to my Hannah and to, us. You are a very kind and caring man, Dr. Miller. We value deeply your willingness to work with Hannah. I know that she enjoyed meeting with you as you made here feel at ease in your office and with all of the various phases of the therapies employed from September 2003 - March 2004. Thank you for your help so very much!
Sincerely,
Gerald P., Ph.D. |
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