amblyopia – Page 5 – Strabismus World

Head rotations, bar reading and bring on the prism flippers

Posted on April 27, 2014
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Head rotations Last week, for the first time, I had a completely stable percept while doing my head turns. I couldn't believe it! I thought I was suppressing or something but I wasn't. Both eyes were just heedlessly adjusting to the head movements without error. It must be great…continue reading →

Orthoptists vs Developmental Optometrists: What’s the difference?

Posted on April 5, 2014
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Orthoptists and developmental optometrists both work in the field of diagnosing, measuring and treating binocular vision problems, strabismus and amblyopia. They both use the same vocabulary to describe a problem and even often use the same tools. So why this distinction? I can only speak for certain about the situation…continue reading →

Check-up 8 (After three years and three months)

Posted on April 1, 2014
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Apparently these check-up meetings are turning into happenings. Last time there was one intern present, this time there were two. I like an audience as much as the next guy. Progress remains consistent making these meetings very pleasant. My doc pointed out to the students I once had to convince…continue reading →

Hidden treasures

Posted on March 30, 2014
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During my Uni days I lived with a guy named Dennis. As a child Dennis had gone through Vision Therapy. There are all levels of irony attached to this fact because I underwent the damaging surgeries while living with someone who already experienced the solution to the problem. Apparently we…continue reading →

Vision Therapy and tDCS (2): How and what?

Posted on March 22, 2014
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First of all I want to thank my buddy Andrew for blazing this trail. I knew about TMS and tDCS but I was not planning on trying it myself anytime soon. That was until he figured out what supplies were needed and had successfully tried it on himself with promising…continue reading →

Vision Therapy and tDCS (1): Why?

Posted on March 18, 2014
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When it comes to strabismus and visual processing disorders most of the medical community seems to have to luxury of living in the 19th century. Other parts of society however move on. Researchers, the military, professional athletes, educators, you name it... Visual training has been pioneered throughout the 20th century…continue reading →

Alternation, cyclopean eye and the attentional spotlight

Posted on March 14, 2014
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As my eyes are aligned most of the time by now I have no real concept of alternating between both eyes anymore. Despite the mechanical alignment of my eyes, I still do not use them equally. My vision still seems to be rather lateralized to the right. When I intentionally…continue reading →

Free anti-suppression Solitaire

Posted on March 10, 2014
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Get your red green anaglyph glasses and play anti-suppression solitaire. All you need is an internet browser so it works on any platform. Download the game here Code by Ed Spencer Color adjustments by Mark Berbezier Enjoy!continue reading →

Pursuing a higher degree of visual freedom

Posted on March 8, 2014
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In my last blog entry I talked about 'visual reserves' and how important this concept is for long term comfort and for VT to be successful. The improvement of eye lens focusing and eye movement amplitudes individually is not enough for it to stick. You need to be able to…continue reading →

Improvement of accommodation and vergence amplitudes is not enough

Posted on February 25, 2014
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I was going through my things and found a piece of information I vividly remember reading and highlighting two years ago. I was very excited to see something I already intuitively grasped written in the 'Optometric Clinical Practice Guidelines ' for dealing with 'Accommodation and Vergence dysfunction'. What an emotional…continue reading →

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