What Are Eye Tracking Problems

Eye Tracking Problems

An eye tracking problem, also called an ocular motor dysfunction,
is the inability to aim the eyes accurately. Children with eye
tracking problems can't effectively control their eye movements.

Aiming the eyes involves three different visual skills:

l Fixations- the ability to maintain gaze on a stationary object
such as a street sign or a picture in a book.

l Pursuits - the ability to follow a moving object, like a thrown
ball, with the eyes.

l Saccades - the ability to accurately and rapidly shift
gaze from one point to another like from one word to the next on
a page.

Eye tracking skills are particularly important for reading. Children
with eye tracking problems may use a finger to follow along a line
of print because their eyes can't. They may also skip or transpose
words or frequently lose their place when reading.