Behavioral Optometry and Vision Therapy research

Visual Impediments to Learning: What’s it going to be? Your health, your education or both?

Visual Impediments to Learning: What’s it going to be? Your health, your education or both?

Somehow I have always felt discriminated. I could never really put my finger on it but it seemed like the normal rules didn't apply to me. Things always were a little bit harder on me. Now it's totally obvious this was because of a motor and sensory brain issue. Of…continue reading →

What other visual anomalies do amblyopes have besides poor stereopsis or reduced visual acuity?

Amblyopia (lazy eye) is the incomplete development of binocular or two-eyed vision in the brain. The most well-known symptoms of amblyopia are the lack of 3D vision (stereopsis) and reduced visual acuity. Notwithstanding, amblyopes also often have other visual anomalies besides poor stereopsis or reduced visual acuity. May also be…continue reading →

VisionHelp Podcast: Introduction to Visual Neuroscience and Vision Therapy

An Introduction to Visual Neuroscience and the Science of Vision Therapy Download: vision-help-podcast-episode-1.mp3 The program features interviews from Dr. Dan Fortenbacher O.D. FCOVD, Dr. Carl Hillier O.D. FCOVD and Dr. Leonard Press O.D. FAAO FCOVD. These three doctors specialize in the field of Developmental Optometry and practice Office-Based Optometric Vision…continue reading →
Book Review: Suddenly Successful: How Behavioral Optometry Helps You Overcome Learning, Health And Behavioral Problems

Book Review: Suddenly Successful: How Behavioral Optometry Helps You Overcome Learning, Health And Behavioral Problems

One word: mind-boggling. Anyone with eyes should read it and honestly I had some problems curbing my enthusiasm. Having discovered about Vision Therapy through the internet and Susan Barry’s 2009 publication ‘Fixing my Gaze’ which is equally mind blowing and emphasizes the beauty and advantages of having stereovision and the brain…continue reading →

Session 47: Reconciling the autonomic and motor nerve systems

Session 47: Before I blogged about Syntonic Light therapy as a way to enhance and possibly accelerate vision therapy progress and I was very excited about trying it. Seems like the road is going to be a bit bumpier than expected, but I'll find a way... So more on that…continue reading →

An unsatisfiable urge to become who I was supposed to be

I’ve always been excited about the idea of learning and reading. The prospect that hard work and intelligence pays off and gets you a better outcome. I had trouble learning how to read so my mother stepped in and gave me some extra tutoring before bedtime on a magnetic blackboard…continue reading →
Similarities and differences between Developmental Strabismus and MS

Similarities and differences between Developmental Strabismus and MS

A couple of years ago, before I knew about Vision Therapy and I was very down because of studying with double vision without any solution in sight, I entered a musical instruments store. I wanted to get a book to teach myself how to play the guitar in order to…continue reading →
How to prevent a strabismus or double vision burnout

How to prevent a strabismus or double vision burnout

Perception is a constant flow of action and reaction. Your own actions, even unconscious ones like moving your eyes, and other events beyond your control shape your perception and your perception shapes your actions. Both are intimately linked in a lifelong perceptual stream. Once your mind is infected with the idea that…continue reading →