Video – Strabismus World

VIDEO: Current convergence status + The ‘time-of-day-effect’

Posted on December 17, 2014
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For a previous post I uploaded a video recorded in December, 2011 and went on to compare it to a video captured in May, 2014. The images were self-explanatory and it was pretty spectacular! I recommend for anyone with strabismus to make videos of their eyes. It's great to monitor…continue reading →

Football without stereoscopic depth perception (video + optometric analysis)

Posted on June 24, 2014
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HISTORY As a strabismic child that suppressed one eye at the time, I played football (soccer) during every recess period at school. Clearly I had no stereo vision. Nonetheless I was a fairly good player and loved playing. I could be totally absorbed by it. At one point I also…continue reading →

The accommodative rock demonstrated

Posted on June 21, 2014
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This is a video of me performing an exercise called 'accommodative rock' or a version thereof. You need a tiny letter chart to hold in your hand and another big letter chart on the wall in front of you. The exercise simply consists of alternately reading a letter from the paper…continue reading →

You want more evidence? I’ll give you some evidence right here.

“Every man can, if he so desires, become the sculptor of his own brain” - Santiago Ramon y Cajal (1852–1934) Ever since I was four years old I've been cross-eyed (accommodative esotropia). My brain learned to suppress the image of one eye by turning the eye inwards. Over the years…continue reading →

A glorious occasion in Michigan

Posted on March 7, 2013
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Heather, who has made the occasional guest appearance on this blog, spoke as a patient on the Annual Michigan Vision Therapy Study Group Meeting about her experience with vision therapy. Beneath you can find part of her testimony. It is really inspiring and gives hope to the rest of us…continue reading →

No more emotional meltdowns for Asher

Posted on October 29, 2012
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That kid is me but only ginger. Housework did take ages, I had a lot of meltdowns and actually threw a few chairs in school once! Click on the link to watch the video. No more meltdowns for Asher!Frustration and emotional meltdowns are sometimes a consequence of binocular vision problems,…continue reading →

Vision Therapy in the eighties

Posted on October 10, 2012
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This is a PSA for Vision Therapy from the eighties. This means that it's been out there for a long time! 'I was working at the word processor and experienced a headache. More than 40 million Americans use some kind of computer screen every day and a great many of…continue reading →

Ken: Making a Life with Double Vision

Posted on September 28, 2012
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Youtube keeps suggesting videos to me and I love this one. This double vision case was not caused by long standing strabismus but is the consequence of a brain aneurysm. Notwithstanding the double vision is just the same... Take a look at this amazing testimony.continue reading →

The Doctors – Double Vision and Strabismus

Posted on August 18, 2012
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The intro is totally American, but what follows makes total sense. It's surprising how in Belgium this is not even common knowledge for doctors, and in America it's prime time television. What's even more surprising is that Youtube suggested this video to me. Google knows it all!continue reading →

Ver el mundo en estereo (Spanish)

Posted on March 28, 2012
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What struck me most about this documentary was the bit starting from minute 18 about a Spanish woman with diplopia. This is the first case I found that I can really relate to, because most strabismic people suppress the second image like I did before age 18. Diplopia is harder to…continue reading →

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