Impact of binocular vision disorders on learning and reading

Herb Black: Geologist turned Optometrist after 3D vision discovery

Posted on December 1, 2015
/Under Impact of binocular vision disorders on learning and reading, Neurology, physiology and psychology of (strabismic) vision, Personal stories - Interviews, Strabismus and amblyopia (lazy eye)
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"I had never had 3D vision, but didn't really know it until I was an adult. I noticed I had no 3D vision because, as a geologist, my colleagues would look at stereo pairs of aerial photos, fuse them in free space or with a viewer, and see 3D. I could not…continue reading →

Confusing double vision: “I often feel like being on a cruise ship during a storm”

Posted on October 19, 2015
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A comment from the Strabismus World Facebook page: "I have strabismus and amblyopia. At age 38, I had my first eye muscle surgery for crossed eyes which gave me really bad diplopia (double vision). Thank you for worsening my vision, Dr Mark Steckle. Finally, 4 years later, I found a…continue reading →

“Strabismus can have profound effects on physical and psychological well-being”

Posted on October 16, 2015
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The following comment was posted in our online vision group by a 49-year-old woman living in Berlin. I judged it too relevant and pressing to have it simply go down the FB drain. "Vision problems such as strabismus can have profound effects on both physical and psychological well-being. I didn't…continue reading →

Taking inventory and planning renewed effort

Posted on September 23, 2015
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TAKING INVENTORY In my previous post, I pointed out some of the major life problems (mobility, sociability and reading) difficult and laboured eye movement control is causing. I decided to take a step back and re-evaluate. I also relistened to Fixing My Gaze to gain perspective. I came to the…continue reading →

France, Meteor shower watching and Visio-Motor Training

Posted on August 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. A very good friend of mine invited me to join her and stay at her family's second home in France. The house is a skillfully renovated…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 →

Book Review: Dr. B’s Parent and Teacher Guides on Child Vision, Learning & Development: Fundamentals 1

Posted on June 4, 2015
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REMINDER: To have the article read to you, select the desired paragraph and click on the little speaker icon. After setting up this new website, I sat down to review Charles Boulet's first 'Parent and Teacher Guide to Child Vision, Learning and Development'. It had been on my to-do list for some time! The…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 →