Treatment

Comparing Two Models of Treatment for Amblyopia: Penalizing the Good Eye vs Binocular Vision Therapy

Monocular treatment for amblyopia, such as patching or penalization, does not always result in 20/20 vision. Moreover, recurrence of...

Visual Information Processing

Visual perception is the process we use to gather visual information from the environment and the ability to organize, understand and...

Myopia (Nearsightedness): A Growing Concern

Myopia, also known as nearsightedness, refers to someone who sees things more clearly up close rather than in the distance. There are at...

Success with Vision Therapy for Post-Concussion Vision Disorders

A case series published in Optometry and Vision Science reviewed patient records during a time frame of 18 months from two private...

Patching No Longer Applies

One method that optometric professionals often utilize for binocular vision treatment is a method called patching. Applying a patch does...

Optometric Care of the Struggling Student

Studies suggest that 5-10% of school aged children have an eye teaming or eye focusing problem. Most school screenings only assess...