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In addition, little is known about the effects on symptom load and return to work. Here, we examined a new reading therapy entailing three different methods\u2014floating text, rapid serial visual presentation (RSVP) of single words, and the moving window technique\u2014and evaluated their efficacy. Twenty-seven chronic HD patients were treated in a baseline design with treatment-free intervals before and after a treatment period of several months. HD was assessed with a battery of reading tests and a questionnaire about subjective symptom load at four time-points. Patients received all three reading therapies over several weeks. The results show significant and stable improvements during treatment within all measures. Approximately 63% of treated patients returned to work after the therapy. 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