Dichromacy and its effect on a young male.
Deuteranopia is a dichromatic color vision defect which may cause problems for an individual asked to perform color-oriented tasks. This can especially create problems for grade school children in classrooms whose instructional material depends heavily on color. This case report presents a child with a deuteranopic color vision defect who was mistakenly labeled learning disabled because of his inability to learn and perform color oriented tasks.
Gnadt
G R
GR
Northport Veterans Administration Medical Center Optometry Service, Northport, NY 11768.
Amos
J F
JF
D002648:Child; D003119:Color Perception Tests; D003117:Color Vision Defects / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004410:Dyslexia / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence