Tag: double vision

All I ever wanted was to read well and comfortably

All I ever wanted was to read well and comfortably

And I'll get it. It took one year and eight months to somehow position my eyes in alignment in a particular stationary position and have my first singled out view in years. Now another one year and eight months later I've managed to stabilize my gaze while moving my body…continue reading →
Vision therapy progress in numbers and charts

Vision therapy progress in numbers and charts

November 29th, 2010: 14 degrees* ESO**, no fusion, no stereovision April 7th, 2011: 8 degrees ESO, peripheral fusion, no stereovision September 28th, 2011: 4 degrees ESO, peripheral fusion, upcoming central fusion, no stereovision March 29th, 2012: 3 degrees ESO, peripheral fusion, central fusion, no stereovision September 6th, 2012: aligned eyes,…continue reading →
Pursuing a higher degree of visual freedom

Pursuing a higher degree of visual freedom

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 →
Book Review: ‘The story of the human body: Evolution, Health and Disease’ by Daniel E. Lieberman – Strabismus from an evolutionary biology point of view

Book Review: ‘The story of the human body: Evolution, Health and Disease’ by Daniel E. Lieberman – Strabismus from an evolutionary biology point of view

Note:This review contains two sections. The first half of this article reviews the book from a general perspective while the second half deals with the book's implications to vision care and strabismus in particular. Each can be read separately according to your interest but of course you are more than…continue reading →
Convergence Insufficiency, new glasses and gravity

Convergence Insufficiency, new glasses and gravity

Recently a fabulous piece of research titled 'Association between reading speed, cycloplegic refractiveerror, and oculomotor function in reading disabled children versus controls' by Patrick Quaid and Trefford Simpson came to my attention. It, as many other optometric research, confirms in immaculate detail the importance of vision in reading and learning.…continue reading →