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A year in

It's been over a year since I completed my vision therapy sessions. With my continuing 3D experience, it's becoming harder to tell when I'm NOT seeing in binocular mode.There are times when I kick into very deep stereo. Interestingly enough, many of those times are after intense graphic design days with the majority of my time spent staring into computer monitors. This activity used to exhaust me and leave me debilitated, so I'm always stunned when intense concentration in the 2D world kick…See More
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"Jersey City is recovering from Sandy's wake. Yesterday another snow storm hit. Still, seeing the ice-covered trees in 3D last night was fun."
Nov 8, 2012
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Greg Voth left a comment for Linda Rendle
"Welcome to Sovoto, it's a wonderful resource! I read your questions... hopefully one of our members better versed in answering them will respond. "
Aug 13, 2012
Greg Voth replied to Kathe Rowe's discussion Lifesaver Card in the group Adult Strabismic Patients' Forum
"Throught VT I didn't have to wear prisms in my glasses. Decades ago, right out of college (when my strabismus was re-diagnosed as an adult), an optometrist gave me a prism in my glasses that helped reduce stain and headaches. For years, with…"
Aug 6, 2012
Greg Voth replied to Kathe Rowe's discussion Lifesaver Card in the group Adult Strabismic Patients' Forum
"I used something similar. Backlit pairs of transparencies that could be slid left and right for convergence and divergence work... The overlays were 5" x 7" or so. I always blank on the name of that apparatus. I find convergence work with…"
Aug 5, 2012
Greg Voth replied to Kathe Rowe's discussion Lifesaver Card in the group Adult Strabismic Patients' Forum
"The lifesaver card is hard for me when converging but not diverging. Perhaps it's because of my 60 year old eyes, but I have a hard time seeing the lettering on the card so I don't get all the cues and virtual images created."
Jul 31, 2012
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Jul 27, 2012
Greg Voth replied to Felicity Palmer's discussion Ophthamologist dismisses VT in the group Adult Strabismic Patients' Forum
"I'm jealous that you got to use sooner than I! I had my first real 3-D event after m 7th session for about 7-10 minutes and didn't get to use the Brock until session 24 or so. The coolest event came when, after some time with the '3-D…"
Jun 26, 2012
Greg Voth replied to Felicity Palmer's discussion Ophthamologist dismisses VT in the group Adult Strabismic Patients' Forum
"Do read Susan Barry's book 'Fixing My Gaze - A Scientist's Journey Into Seeing In Three Dimensions.' Had it not been for Sue's wonderful effort, I couldn't have made the journey myself. If the fear of double vision…"
Jun 25, 2012
Greg Voth replied to Felicity Palmer's discussion Ophthamologist dismisses VT in the group Adult Strabismic Patients' Forum
"Prior to VT, my wife found it fun to occasionally toss things at me and watch my panic. The last time she thought about doing this, the tv remote was involved. I did not react calmly - luckily the remote did not make it into the air. Now she goes…"
Jun 25, 2012
Greg Voth replied to Felicity Palmer's discussion Ophthamologist dismisses VT in the group Adult Strabismic Patients' Forum
"While still in college, I bought a racket and balls and walked onto a tennis court. I walked off the court without even hitting the ball. Gave my sister the racket, quite done with tennis."
Jun 25, 2012
Greg Voth replied to Felicity Palmer's discussion Ophthamologist dismisses VT in the group Adult Strabismic Patients' Forum
"I often describe the experience of switching into stereo from monocular vision as finding an invisible doorway that everyone else knew was there but me. I can work longer without my eyes getting tired. I can view 3-D movies - some of which are…"
Jun 25, 2012
Greg Voth replied to Felicity Palmer's discussion Ophthamologist dismisses VT in the group Adult Strabismic Patients' Forum
"I wonder if your ophthalmologist would be open to being wrong...? He seems very set in his view of the world. I began seeing in stereo at 59-1/2 years old during my 64 sessions of VT after 59 years with a lazy left eye. Pursuing VT was one of…"
Jun 25, 2012
Greg Voth replied to Pablo Manzano's discussion Do you control your eye alternation? An additional diffilculty. in the group Adult Strabismic Patients' Forum
" I had a lazy left eye for 59 years and was very right eye dominant. I could always choose to see through either eye, prior to achieving binocular ability, just not both at the same time. As I've posted before, throughout my 64 VT…"
Jun 3, 2012
Greg Voth replied to Pablo Manzano's discussion Do you control your eye alternation? An additional diffilculty. in the group Adult Strabismic Patients' Forum
"I can still alternate my vision. I often switch between eyes rapidly, and do some serious blinking, to reset my eyes and see with greater depth. I think I'm more and more often in stereo these days. I can see 3-D images and movies without…"
May 31, 2012
Greg Voth replied to Pablo Manzano's discussion Do you control your eye alternation? An additional diffilculty. in the group Adult Strabismic Patients' Forum
"As I posted, in my case, Dr. Len Press worked with each of my eyes separately until they were as equal as possible before we began binocular training. I suffered no noticeable double vision and began seeing in stereo after my 7th 1/2 hour session.…"
May 31, 2012

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I am an adult strabismic with esotropia and convergence insufficiencies. No surgeries, just patching and eye exercises as a child. Dominant right eye. Thought close work is tremendously difficult, I acquired a degree in architecture, worked as a full-time illustrator for 24 years and currently work as a graphic artist, designing print and motion graphics for tv & film.
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As a 59 year old strabismic, reading Susan Barry's book was a revelation. I've had no surgeries, just patching and exercises early on. My mother was told I'd never be a professional. I have a terribly hard time reading and doing close work. As an adolescent, my family seemed to forget about my vision problem, pushing me into sports. First one picked when choosing sides if they didn't know me... last one picked once they saw me play! In school I was miserable and tested very poorly.

After being 'bullied' into the study of architecture by my father (I wanted to go to art school), I acquired a degree in architecture (5 year program... oh, the headaches...) I got my first job, got laid off within 4 months, and set off on a 24 year career as a self-taught illustrator (www.gregvoth.com) and graphic designer. Over the last 13 years, with the decline in use of illustration, I've moved into computer graphics work for film and television. Working on my Macs has been allowed me to do the detail work I couldn't do by hand, though my wife doesn't understand the appeal.

Dr. Len Press just diagnosed me this week after some fascinating test results (he thought I cheated) and will be overseeing my vision therapy. He suggested I join sovoto.com. I can't tell you how happy I am to be here.

 

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A year in

It's been over a year since I completed my vision therapy sessions. With my continuing 3D experience, it's becoming harder to tell when I'm NOT seeing in binocular mode.

There are times when I kick into very deep stereo. Interestingly enough, many of those times are after intense graphic design days with the majority of my time spent staring into computer monitors. This activity used to exhaust me and leave me debilitated, so I'm always stunned when intense concentration in the 2D…

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Posted on March 15, 2013 at 10:06am

Are these dots too far apart to connect?

I had my final vision therapy progress evaluation on March 5th. VT was a great ride I'll not soon forget... I'm in stereo very often and can put myself in when I'm not with simple exercises... but this isn't about that final eval.

The next day I began taking a prescription for Naproxen to  treat inflammation caused by some possible nerve damage in my left arm. Since taking the Naproxen I've been in 3-D constantly. My periphery is so tack sharp that it's been nearly disorienting and so…

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Posted on March 9, 2012 at 6:30pm — 1 Comment

Strabismus, the enemy

Strabismus has been my life-long enemy. Because of its interference during my developmental years, both physical and intellectual pursuits proved truly difficult. Sports were unwinnable. Reading and comprehension problems made intellectual pursuits improbable. This all greatly impacted my self-esteem.
My father always bragged about his prowess in sports during his college years, hanging low over my head while growing up and I longed to be like him. There was only one photo of…
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Posted on February 23, 2012 at 11:00am — 1 Comment

Catching up

I took some time off after VT and am again back up on the horse, doing exercises daily. I feel my eyes are a bit stubborn of late, not moving enough in the sockets, so I'm trying hard not to turn my head when I follow object. I'm working with my swinging ball, following it aptly with my eyes and not my head and am continuing to work with close up depth, using a corrugated cat scratching block with three pencils sticking at various distances, allowing me to change my targets easily. I can X…

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Posted on February 4, 2012 at 4:24pm

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At 12:33pm on April 14, 2011, Pamela Kohn said…

 

If any of your family members would like to speak with me, I'd be willing to talk with them.  I can't guarantee that I'd say exactly what you'd like me to say but I can say that I can tell them about my experience with VT at Dr. Press's office. 

 

I am strongly in the plus column.  The reason I am willing to speak so confidently is that the VT room is one big room, which is similar to many physical therapy offices.  You can't help but be aware of the other patients.  Because I went for two different sessions (4 months and 3 months???) several years apart, I got to observe a lot of other patients.  I am a really observant person in some ways (and remarkably "blind" in others).  But, I can say quite strongly that I was able to see a noticable improvement in many other patients (maybe not "all" but a whole lot of them).  The improvements to me (and my family) were well worth the money, effort, "un-fun" side-effects, etc.

If they'd like to talk with me, they could e-mail me directly at pamela.kohn@hotmail.com.  Put "VT Reference" in the subject line and I'll return my phone numbers to the person.

 

Otherwise, I would caution you to be patient with your family.  It's hard to believe this all if you haven't heard of it before.  I was actually the most skeptical of all of my family members and was quite delighted to be proved wrong.

Good luck!

 

 

 
 
 

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