Michael – Page 8 – Strabismus World

How does it feel to live with Ménière’s syndrome?

Posted on January 5, 2015
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Earlier I wrote about the intricate link between the visual and the vestibular system. They cannot be understood separately. During this research on the vestibular system I stumbled upon something called Ménière's syndrome. What is Ménière's Syndrome? (Taken from the book 'Vision Rehabilitation'.) "The etiology of Ménière’s syndrome is not…continue reading →

Looking back at 2014 and looking forward to 2015

Posted on December 25, 2014
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I just reread my post from December 25th, 2013. It's always interesting to compare thoughts over time. Often we get lost in the day to day to remember the overall progress we have made. I remember being able to do some bar reading for the first time ever in January…continue reading →

VIDEO: Current convergence status + The ‘time-of-day-effect’

Posted on December 17, 2014
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For a previous post I uploaded a video recorded in December, 2011 and went on to compare it to a video captured in May, 2014. The images were self-explanatory and it was pretty spectacular! I recommend for anyone with strabismus to make videos of their eyes. It's great to monitor…continue reading →

Check-up 9: Our four year anniversary

Posted on December 3, 2014
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On December first I had my half yearly optometric evaluation. Sight in both eyes is good but the axis of astigmatism in my left eye has shifted marginally. This is my current Rx. OD: +2.50 OS: +2.50 cyl -1.0 axis 35° When testing my binocular vision my ocular motor abilities…continue reading →

Session 80: Large rope circles projected on the wall

Posted on November 25, 2014
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After almost four years of me doing Vision Therapy, our VT office finally got around to repairing an old projector they had in storage. It's pretty cool. Now we can finally do polarized quoits vectograms on a bigger scale by projecting them on some kind of grey screen on the…continue reading →

Session 79: A short Aperture Rule update

Posted on November 20, 2014
/Under Michael's Vision Therapy Diary, Practical VT advice and exercises, Vision Therapy Devices and Stereo Viewers
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Recently a VT friend of mine named Pasquale asked me how I had progressed in executing the Aperture Rule ever since I wrote 'Doing time' two years ago. Last week I asked my Vision Therapist whether I could try the AR again to verify. Two years ago I only…continue reading →

The story of Ilaria Invitto: ‘Vision Wars in Medical School’

Posted on November 6, 2014
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"Am I wrong when refusing to surrender to my visual limitations? Am I condemned to live a life suspended in uncertainty while continueously fighting these limitations?" - Ilaria Invitto My name is Ilaria Invitto. I'm 23 years old and I live in Battipaglia, Italy. I was only three months old…continue reading →

The vestibular system and vision

Posted on October 30, 2014
/Under Neurology, physiology and psychology of (strabismic) vision, Strabismus and double vision
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I've been reading up on the link between vision and the vestibular system. It's been quite instructive to say the least. Of course it's annoying not to be able to align the eyes and have double vision while reading etc... However, there's more. It's very interesting how compromised eye movements,…continue reading →

‘The ticking time bomb that split my world in two’

Posted on October 9, 2014
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About a week ago me and a man named Ryan Brooks had a thought-provoking conversation on my Facebook wall. I had just shared my latest blog entry 'The margin of error'. He commented "I always find your posts extremely interesting. I had a bleed in the brain stem which has…continue reading →

The margin of error

Posted on September 24, 2014
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Interestingly, my strabismus was developmental since the age of three but in a relatively short amount of time I lost many of my adaptations (suppression, strabismic ways of eye teaming) to cope with misalignment of the eyes. First my suppression gradually declined because of life style, i.e. overly zealous studying,…continue reading →

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