Choose from the following success stories, or scroll down to see them all.

"Ritalin no Longer Needed."

"Frustration and Headaches with Reading Relieved!"

"College Student and Her Mother End a Decade-Long Search for Help with Eye Strain and Double Vision."

"After Several Years of Tutoring With Little Progress, We Were Relieved to Finally Have a Solution."

"Glasses Did Not Solve Our Problems."




Ritalin No Longer Needed

Dear Dr. Harrel,

We thought that others might be interested in hearing about the results that our daughter Chelsea has experienced with your vision therapy services.

As you will recall, Chelsea was diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) as a result of behavior that she exhibited in her second grade classroom. She was having problems comprehending what she read because she was constantly loosing her place and skipping sentences. Her attempts to organize school materials and do simple tasks at home were met with great difficulty. She was also forgetful of her school assignments and responsibilities at home. As a result of her ADHD diagnosis, her doctor prescribed Ritalin, which seemed to help at first but the problems continued.

By the beginning of the fourth grade, Chelsea complained about a problem which she described as "seeing things in 3-D without the 3-D glasses" or double vision. We had already been to an optometrist who determined that Chelsea had good eyesight. We decided to get a second opinion and by shear coincidence heard about you and your vision therapy services from a co-worker.

A little over a month into her vision therapy the double vision disappeared. Chelsea reads to us every night so her progress was obvious. We decided to discontinue her Ritalin at that time and her progress continued. After completion of her ninety-day therapy program, she demonstrated dramatic improvements in her reading and comprehension skills. She enjoys reading very much and her increased confidence is evident. She does much better at remembering her school assignments and her organizational skills are much improved.

Chelsea was very happy to share her story with the Tulsa World newspaper because she believes that it may help influence other families to get the help that they need. We are grateful for all you have done for Chelsea and our family.

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Frustration and Headaches with Reading Relieved!

When I met Dr. Harrel and he told what kind of problems and children he worked with, he was talking about John. John used to not like chapter books, and would read for very short periods. He would be very frustrated when he did his homework. He was seeing double.

I was initially surprised because another doctor had been seeing him for 6 years, and he never mentioned eye therapy. He told us John wouldn't make any progress on his eyes after the age of 9. I was glad to know John could make progress, as he was having such difficulty and frustration in school.

John is reading so much more. No double vision. He isn't having headaches like he used to. He reads at home without being told to read. He enjoys reading.

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"College Student and her mother end a decade-long search for help with eye strain and double vision"

All my life mom searched for help with my eyes. Countless eye doctors. Some prescribed glasses others said do eye pushups. In elementary school developmental reading but nothing seemed to help with multiple choice test and connective type test. I knew the material very well that I was being tested over but more than not I did not do well on these types of test. Now that I am beginning my Junior Year in College, I can tell what my problems are and with your help, Dr. Harrel, my search for no more double vision will be taken care of.

This sounded too good to be true. Since we search for help all my life. We did file the cost of the program on our insurance and they filed the cost as part of the deductible (non-ppo)

No more headaches even with a lot of reading. Double vision can be easily fixed.

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After several years of tutoring with little progress, we were relieved to finally have a solution

Even after being tutored for several years, our son was still having difficulty in school. He did well with an oral lesson, but struggled with written assignments. Homework took hours to complete, he would misread words, loose his place easily and not be able to concentrate.

We were relieved to finally have a solution to Ryan's reading difficulties and an explanation for his struggles.

It increased his confidence and self-esteem. His grades are steadily improving and he reads more on his own and for enjoyment.

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Glasses did not solve our problems

"We've always read with Ashley each night before bed. For sometime, she has been reading to us during this time. We realized sometime ago that Ashley was having trouble reading well. This led to glasses, but after less than a year, she was complaining of seeing double.

We knew Ashley needed more than an "adult" eye doctor, and after reading about Dr. Harrel, decided to have Dr. Harrel evaluate Ashley.

We were pleased that Ashley stood a good chance of totally fixing her eye difficulty. She was excited about having a good chance of never having to wear glasses again, and this was a strong incentive for her to work hard when doing eye exercises.

The changes that have occurred because of this program were:
- Ashley says she doesn't see double now.
- Ashley says some colors she now sees are true, not washed out
- Ashley's handwriting, though still poor is significantly improved.
- Ashley is not suffering any bouts of eye strain.

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