This Reading Lamp Can Help People With Dyslexia

Everyone who has even the remotest interest in consumer technology keeps an eye out for CES every year (January 7 to 10 this year). The annual event, dubbed as the global stage for innovation, is where the future of technology is unveiled, and this year is likely to give us amazing things yet again. And companies like Lexilife are manufacturing devices that are not just for techie fun but to help people with different needs. Their lamp, Lexilight, which is going to be unveiled at CES, is supposed to be a reading lamp for dyslexia.

To provide a solution for people with dyslexia, the makers of Lexilight went to the root of the condition. People without dyslexia process information (as they read) through what is sent by their dominant eye. For those with dyslexia, they don’t have that dominant eye. Information is sent to their brains by both eyes, resulting in two simultaneous streams of information. This results in “mirror images”, which makes reading difficult and confusing.

Dyslexia is treated using various techniques, where students are usually assisted in honing other senses such as hearing and touch in order to improve their reading skills. The process can be difficult and long.

With the Lexilight, people with dyslexia may have an easier time of it. Using modulated and pulsing light, the reading lamp for dyslexia reduces the mirror images, making words appear as they would to one with a dominant eye. Furthermore, the lamp features LEDs which the user can adjust to meet his particular needs.

Its makers state that the lamp works both for reading on paper and on screens, and its size allows it to be carried in the average day pack. At the moment, the model that’s available needs to be plugged in to be used, but Lexilife says it is working on a model with a rechargeable battery, which should be available sometime this year.

The lamp costs a pretty penny at $549, with a 30-day trial and a 10-year warranty.

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