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Comment by Lynda Rimke on August 26, 2011 at 11:46am

Welcome Anna! Do share your blog address and comment on the many discussions topics we've got going, or start a new topic by clicking the "+ Add a Discussion" link.

Comment by Anna Altheide on August 22, 2011 at 4:59pm

I just joined Sovoto with the recommendation from my vision therapist, Dr. Carl Hillier, and his associate, Linda Solway. I also posted a brand new blog post about my journey toward stereopsis, three months into therapy. I look forward to meeting and interacting with other adults with this disorder.

Comment by Greg Voth on August 19, 2011 at 7:10pm

I'm free from work for a while - wondering your thoughts on 2-3 double sessions per week. I would get thru the program faster but is it a smart move? Is it the session work or am I better off with more time between sessions?

Comment by Lynda Rimke on August 17, 2011 at 10:15am

Blake and Carol, you might get a better response if you format your questions as a new "discussion." It also works better for the forum, as good questions and answers can be easily found together and not peppered throughout the main comment section.

 

Just above the comment wall is the link "+ Add a Discussion"

 

New discussions are emailed to everyone in the group.

 

Hope this helps!

Comment by Carol on August 17, 2011 at 8:24am

Has anyone had any experiences with Interactive Metronome?  I had noticed a bit of a bump in binocular vision after this type of therapy.  I have been doing IM for motor apraxia.

Comment by BlakeC on July 26, 2011 at 12:38am

I am wondering, has anyone experienced significant prescription changes as a result of their vision therapy?

Comment by Susanna Z on June 17, 2011 at 9:04pm

Thanks so much for your response. I thought I was going crazy when I first stalled in mid-sentence searching for a simple word. My developmental optometrist wasn't surprised when I told him of my language problems as he explained that my brain is overwhelmed with too much new information. I consulted with a neurologist who suggested I think around the word I am searching for and think of words similar to it or trigger words related to the exact term I'm seeking to get my brain to recall the precise word in the language I am speaking. This causes speech delay. No wonder I like writing! But for someone like me, who is making a career out of language acquisition and teaching, it is unnerving to say the least. I am glad to read in your response to my questions that this is all part of the binocular rewiring going on in my brain.

I also feel as though I am more comfortable with myself and more inward looking as I venture forward with VT. I used to always yearn to travel and now I find myself contented with staring at dust particles in the air. Flying away to the beaches of Cartagena, Columbia or staying at home and staring at broccoli? I chose the latter. Yes, broccoli over palm trees, tropical fruit and Colombian salsa. I must be losing my mind, my monocular mind:)

Thanks again for sharing your experiences. If I think of more questions, I'll post them.

SUSANNA

Comment by Roberto Kaplan O.D., M.Ed. FCOVD on June 16, 2011 at 7:08am

Thanks Suzanna for your question. Firstly you ask: "Do any of your patients experience linguistic confusion?"

The answer is definitely YES. In 1976, while studying Speech Pathology and Audiology for my Master's degree work, I published a paper on visual and auditory processing. As we well know there are visual connections in the brain that are linked from auditory parts. What this means is that our hearing and listening is affected as we re-educate the visual processing system. In my own case, at the age of 39, I could understand words from a song on the radio, while driving, for the first time. In addition, I have always had a kind of dyslexic approach to languages and great fear. This is changing now. In my case, it took a while before I had the confidence to verbalise, say words in German, for example.  It appears that the binocular vision process activates new and deeper pathways that disorganises habitual language patterns. Fortunately, this is short-lived in my patients. 

 

Secondly, you ask, when my stereopsis developed, did my "personality change and more balanced based gender?"

 

Great question.  I was dominant through my left eye, female perceptions associated with my mother's side of the family. My right eye view either drifted out and up or was suppressed. This depended on my inner emotional state. When I was succumbing to my perceived anger, frustration and low self esteem, then I saw double. When I behaved in an emotional shut down mode, poor me, and I hate the outside, I had no double vision, because I suppressed my view through the right eye. 

 

What I learned was how to use my eyes to monitor my inner emotional state. In other words, my eyes gave me perfect biofeedback to assess where I was going to in my inner emotions.  I still use this skill to this day. As I mastered looking through my right eye with less projection of anger, that is perceiving the outside not as my enemy, my double images started getting close and closer. At the same time, I entered into stereoscopic viewing that was not all that new, however, on the emotional level, I entered in more depth of myself. I wasn't that drawn to the outside depth, more my own deeper view of myself. 

 

The outcome of this process was my becoming more a man, behaving like a maturing man, not like a rebellious boy who is not getting what he thinks he wants.  Integration in the binocular view is about depth of self. About viewing life in a fulfilling way, like there is nothing missing, because I was looking out through both eyes, all the resources from my mother and father's side of the family at my disposal. 

 

Thanks for chance to share this with you. More questions?

Comment by Roberto Kaplan O.D., M.Ed. FCOVD on June 15, 2011 at 12:05pm

Thanks Lynda. Well Rick, the journey was a long one. Began with deep body work called Rolfing. I also worked with a Psychologist in Eugene, Oregon, doing lots of personal experience work. Basically, identifying where I was pretending in life because of fears and blocking. This also showed up in suppressions of vision through my right eye. I continued working with individuals in the counseling fields, as well as delving into the Rayid Method of Denny Johnson. This really helped me see my talents and emotional vulnerability. Later, I engaged in Tibetan work as well as diving into Peruvian rituals. All of this helped me integrate my vision therapy into a deeper realm.  This is a short summary of the work and I hope it is helpful. (By providing these references, I am not providing an endorsement that these programs are for everyone. Some of the processes are very deep and may not be suitable for certain individuals - Please consult a professional if in doubt.)

Comment by Susanna Z on June 15, 2011 at 11:58am

Dr. Kaplan,

I saw your video about how seeing through one eye can effect one's psychology as the individual may be using more of his or her female or male side. The video iswww.eyecode.info">: Eye, Perceptions and Relationships. When you developed stereopsis, did your personality change and be more balanced based on gender?

SUSANNA

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