Practical VT advice and exercises

Check-up 10: New location and slightly new approach

Posted on October 4, 2015
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REMINDER: When reading on a desktop or laptop, you can have the article read to you by selecting the desired paragraph and clicking on the little speaker icon. Check-up 10 It had almost been a year since my last optometric evaluation. This is because there have been some personnel changes in the…continue reading →

Free blueprints for making your own cheiroscope

Posted on August 25, 2015
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My cousin, who is also an Engineering student, was so nice to take the time and draw up the necessary blueprints needed to build your very own DIY cheiroscope. Here is a link to a zip file containing the PDF-files: CHEIROSCOPE. Lens specifications are also added in a text file. You…continue reading →

INTERVIEW: How Bill Johnston discovered stereo vision at the age of 70

Posted on July 10, 2015
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REMINDER: When reading on a desktop, you can have the article read to you by selecting the desired paragraph and clicking on the little speaker icon. I first learned about Bill Johnston when, in early 2014, he posted this message in one of the amblyopia and strabismus Facebook groups. “My lazy eye turned…continue reading →

Strabismus, mobility and cycling in particular

Posted on June 15, 2015
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REMINDER: When reading on a desktop, you can have the article read to you by selecting the desired paragraph and clicking on the little speaker icon. My last official VT session, for now, was on the 27th of March, 2015. Because of a personnel change at my developmental optometrist Guy Naegels' practice, I…continue reading →

Aperture Rule: A Vision Therapy empathy top tip

Posted on April 12, 2015
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As you might know, at this point my eyes are looking pretty much normal most of the time but the inability to converge consistently remains crippling. It drains and strains a lot. It's like a massive extra backpack I'm wearing, or an invisible barrier between me and the world, preventing…continue reading →

Cheiroscope: video, drawing samples and implications

After a nice theoretical post, let's get down to the nitty gritty. How can we get a tangible look into how someone perceives his personal space? How can we determine inconsistent perception of space interfering with the construction of solid brain maps? As vision writes spatial equations for the muscles…continue reading →

Jaw clenching, Vision Therapy and earthquake resistant structures

Posted on March 3, 2015
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Personally I learn a lot from reading/listening up on vision rehab and anatomy but I learn just as much from having conversations with other strabismics. I think it's a practice that could be useful to anyone with any problem. Don't compare yourself to people with a very differing, in this…continue reading →

“Electronic Rapid Alternate Occlusion Goggles” as Anti-Suppression treatment

Posted on January 24, 2015
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Following an interesting thread on Facebook and some e-mailing back and forth with Patricia Simone Fink OD and Eric Hussey OD who were generous enough to share their time, research and experience with me, I decided to make another investment in my vision in the form of Electronic Rapid Alternation…continue reading →

Session 79: A short Aperture Rule update

Posted on November 20, 2014
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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 →

Session 76: Bring in the periphery

Posted on August 13, 2014
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Skills acquired so far: - Smooth eye movements, improved vergence amplitudes and eye alignment - Improved accommodation amplitudes and continuing improvement with flippers - Stabilizing Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex - Being able to judge depth using physiological diplopia and reference cue Left to do: - Automation and stamina - Integration, integration, integration.…continue reading →