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Book review: Fixing My Gaze by Susan Barry

Posted on September 21, 2013
/Under Behavioral Optometry and Vision Therapy research, Neurology, physiology and psychology of (strabismic) vision, Personal stories - Interviews, Vision and neuroscience book reviews
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After I read 'Fixing My Gaze' for the third time in three years I decided to write a long overdue review about the book that got this whole VT party started. I first read it during the summer of 2010. At the time I was undergoing all kinds of personal,…continue reading →

Strabismus and academia

Posted on September 12, 2013
/Under Impact of binocular vision disorders on learning and reading, Neurology, physiology and psychology of (strabismic) vision, Vision Therapy Videos
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Yes, so what about it? Well, it's complicated. I will try to explain it though. It's important to understand that my vision never could be relied on and it was always changing over the course of time. Initially as a first grader I had trouble learning how to read. At the…continue reading →

Session 60: An unconscious reflex to many, a giant leap to a strabismic

Posted on September 4, 2013
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Yesterday I had my 60th vision therapy session since I embarked on this mission almost three years ago. Things are as good as can be expected given my history. Expectations have already been exceeded several times and things are still getting better so objectively there shouldn't be any reason I…continue reading →

“The wife as family doctor” – A 1951 home guide to medicine on strabismus and double vision

Posted on August 25, 2013
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Previously I blogged about my stereophile granddad on my mother's side and his stereo toys. But it turns out my grandmother on my father's side also had something in her possession indicating an alternate solution to my problem. She recently moved to an old people's home and we found this…continue reading →

Free anti-suppression Tetris

Posted on August 17, 2013
/Under Free Anti-Suppression games, Practical VT advice and exercises
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A while back I discovered an inspired programmer and blogger had tried to build an anti-suppression Vision Therapy Tetris game. Upon finding it I was very excited and set out to try it with my red green anaglyph glasses. The game itself is a normal tetris game and I suppose the coloring had…continue reading →

Time to reset and Ryser Filters

Posted on August 13, 2013
/Under Michael's Vision Therapy Diary, Practical VT advice and exercises
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By the end of the month I will have reached a total of a thousand days (2 years and eight months) of visual training and counting. I admit some days I am really getting anxious and impatient about wanting to see even the slightest bit of stereo. On the other…continue reading →

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

Posted on August 8, 2013
/Under Behavioral Optometry and Vision Therapy research, Frequently Asked Strabismus Questions, Impact of binocular vision disorders on learning and reading, Neurology, physiology and psychology of (strabismic) vision, Strabismus and amblyopia (lazy eye), Strabismus and double vision
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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 →

Book Review: The Mind’s Eye by Oliver Sacks

Posted on July 30, 2013
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Oliver Sacks' books are impressive and this one is no exception. He's always willing to go that extra mile in trying to understand the experience of people who are confronted with all kinds of neurological anomalies. One of my favourite Oliver Sacks quotes is very truthful and at the same…continue reading →

Online Eye Exercises to Improve Learning and Visual Attention

Posted on July 22, 2013
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1. The following website contains some simple but effective exercises to improve visual information processing skills such as perception, tracking, focusing and eye teaming. http://www.eyecanlearn.com/ NOTE: These activities are offered as a fun way to help sharpen "learning-related" visual skills that are critical for success in school. If a child…continue reading →

On dealing with double vision and the limitations of current ophthalmology practices concerning strabismus

Posted on July 14, 2013
/Under Frequently Asked Strabismus Questions, Personal stories - Interviews, Strabismus and double vision
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Even among people with strabismus, the ones with intractable double vision are quite rare. Most strabismics unconsciously suppress the image of one eye and often, but not always, alternate between both eyes. I also used to see like that but because of extreme studying habits slowly broke through my suppression.…continue reading →

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