Method of measuring dynamic (a) auditory and (b) tactile sequencing or tracking, and diagnosing cerebellar-vestibular dysfunction and dysmetric dyslexia

US3952728A · kind A · utility

Inventors

• Harold N. Levinson · Great Neck, US
• Jan Frank · Remchingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 24, 1975
• Grant date: Apr 27, 1976
• Expiry date: Feb 24, 1995

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B5/16
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The discovery that the condition of dysmetric dyslexia results from dysfunctioning of the cerebellar-vestibular underlies the method of U.S. Pat. No. 3,842,822 issued on Oct. 22, 1974, which method uses blurring and scrambling of sequential visual stimuli to identify and measure ocular motor coordination, i.e. ocular fixation and sequential scanning abilities. As an improvement and/or alternative to the above method, the within methods, which also are useful in identifying dysmetric dyslexic children in an examination group, use response to acoustical and/or tactile stimulation, rather than response to visual stimuli, to identify said condition.