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TESTIMONIAL: Logan Oostdyk (21) on getting into “the space” and seeing its depth

Posted on November 30, 2017
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Logan Oostdyk is a 21 year old student living in Michigan. He developed esotropic strabismus at the age of five and his left eye consequently turned amblyopic or "lazy". Thankfully he never had eye muscle surgery and started Optometric Vision Therapy in April, 2017. Parallel to his own Vision Therapy…continue reading →

“The Scarcity Trap: Why We Keep Digging When We’re Stuck In A Hole”

Posted on April 12, 2017
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Here's an interesting NPR podcast about the psychological "scarcity trap": http://www.npr.org/2017/03/20/520587241/the-scarcity-trap-why-we-keep-digging-when-were-stuck-in-a-hole. When you're in need of something, your mind is enveloped by a kind of "tunnel vision" prompting you to solve short term problems in ways that are detrimental to long term success. This can apply to food, money, social contact, time,…continue reading →

“Our senses can’t learn under stress”

Posted on April 12, 2017
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Having compromised sensory abilities can be very stressful and that in turn can impede rehabilitation or further development. Creating a climate of understanding conducive to sensory learning is thus of paramount importance. Read the entire article at: http://neurosciencenews.com/stress-learning-senses-5942/ "Stress is part of our everyday lives – while some thrive on it,…continue reading →

The Hess Test: How does it work and why is it administered?

Posted on December 2, 2016
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The Hess Test involves anaglyph glasses and a grid attached to a wall or screen in front of the patient. The purpose of this test is to get an idea of whether or not the eyes align absent of any exterior reference points and thus without any compensation ability the…continue reading →

Book Review: Vision Rehabilitation: Multidisciplinary Care of the Patient Following Brain Injury

Posted on January 16, 2016
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Throughout 2014, I read a vision care manual called "Vision rehabilitation: Multidisciplinary Care of the Patient Following Brain Injury ". It was an amazing experience. For people with binocular vision problems, or neurological vision issues more generally, the world can be very lonely and hostile as the vast majority of…continue reading →

Visual discomfort, muscle tension and stretching

Posted on January 6, 2016
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There is a persistent problem when doing interactive and, in particular, fine oculo-motor tasks. These tasks include almost everything, from reading, driving, to social interaction, except watching a movie or staring at a blank wall during which you can just let the images wash over you without feeling the necessity…continue reading →

The vestibular system and vision

Posted on October 30, 2014
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I've been reading up on the link between vision and the vestibular system. It's been quite instructive to say the least. Of course it's annoying not to be able to align the eyes and have double vision while reading etc... However, there's more. It's very interesting how compromised eye movements,…continue reading →

Strabismus, visual field loss and visual-spatial neglect

Posted on July 27, 2014
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"Right after I lost vision in my eye, I was so bad at walking that I ran into a girl eating ice cream, and knocked her cone out of her hand. She screamed: ‘Are you blind!?!?’ I turned to her and said: ‘I am blind actually, I’m so sorry, I’ll…continue reading →

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 →

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 →

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