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Rosemary Lodge replied to Naoise McMullin's discussion Seeing the space between things in the group Adult Strabismic Patients' Forum
"hey Naoise That's fantastic - and I totally get what you are saying!  Being able to see and notice something that 'isn't there' is amazing - like discovering a new dimension.  I have started noticing the space behind me…"
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Lynda Rimke replied to Naoise McMullin's discussion Seeing the space between things in the group Adult Strabismic Patients' Forum
"Thanks so much for sharing this, and in depth (dual meanings to that word!) I got excited when you described perceiving the trees and buildings in relation to one another. That's another something to look forward to!I also totally get the…"
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Naoise McMullin replied to Yvette's discussion Why is my depth perception better under cycloplegia, or when I’m tired and not wearing my prescription? in the group Adult Strabismic Patients' Forum
"Rosemary Exactly. It seems to me that there's no such thing as foveal depth perception. I think, though that there are people who can't help but fixate with both eyes, eg when looking at some detail, reading or looking at a sign, say, and…"
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Naoise McMullin replied to Yvette's discussion Why is my depth perception better under cycloplegia, or when I’m tired and not wearing my prescription? in the group Adult Strabismic Patients' Forum
"Yvette So, I gather you're doing all  this on your own. That's vey good. I mean that your're going ahead, in spite of the absence of a vt optometrist, etc. It's also very good that you seem to have developped a program of vt…"
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Naoise McMullin replied to Naoise McMullin's discussion Simple graphics to help develop amblyopic eyes in the group Adult Strabismic Patients' Forum
"Some more  amblyopic graphics I found when I first started doing these, that I couldn't see much at all  with the amblyopic eye; so I made graphics like these, which have details only in the graphic seen by the weak eye. Both eyes see…"
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Rosemary Lodge replied to Yvette's discussion Why is my depth perception better under cycloplegia, or when I’m tired and not wearing my prescription? in the group Adult Strabismic Patients' Forum
"I think you are right Naoise because this is exactly the type of depth perception I have - I don't have bifoveal but I have all the rest - and it's enough to play sport and appreciate depth in nature etc etc.  Apparently even some…"
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Does Optometric Vision Therapy Work?

I am frequently asked, "Does Optometric Vision Therapy Work?" by the families I work with every day. If they mean, does vision therapy improve vision function such as eye movements, focusing, eye teaming and 3D vision ... the answer is a resounding YES! If they mean.... does vision therapy work to improve vision information processing....the answer is YES! If they mean that amblyopia (lazy eye) and strabismus can be improved...the answer is…

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Posted by Dominick M. Maino, OD, MEd, FAAO on May 17, 2013 at 1:34pm

Dyslexia and Vision: A Review

Ophthalmology in the United States has, for decades, stated that vision has nothing to do with academics and in particular reading. Despite the overwhelming evidence to the contrary, ophthalmology in the USA still maintains that vision has nothing to do with learning. Well here's a paper in the May 2013 issue of Clinical Ophthalmology by several French op…

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Posted by Dominick M. Maino, OD, MEd, FAAO on May 16, 2013 at 12:08pm

Dichoptic training enables the adult amblyopic brain to learn

 

....Adults with amblyopia, a common visual cortex disorder caused primarily by binocular disruption during an early critical period, do not respond to conventional therapy involving occlusion of one eye. But it is now clear that the adult human visual cortex has a significant degree of plasticity, .... One possibility is an inhibitory signal from the contralateral eye that suppresses cortical inputs from the amblyopic eye. .... Here we provide direct evidence that alleviating…

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Posted by Dominick M. Maino, OD, MEd, FAAO on April 26, 2013 at 7:57pm

 
 
 

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Hello! Wanted to share great news that you can now upload videos directly on to Sovoto, as opposed to uploading using YouTube or Vimeo code.

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