Added by Dominick M. Maino, OD, MEd, FAAO on June 7, 2013 at 9:55pm — No Comments
I live a double life.
“You’re a spy?”, you ask.
Sometimes I feel like I am spying on another world. My agency is called VT for short.
“VT?”
“Venezuelan Terrorists?”
No, Hugo Chávez isn’t sending me orders from his grave.
“Ventriloquists Troupe?”
I might as well be a ventriloquist. I seem to be speaking of things of another world.
Pakistan has the ISI. The Israelis have the Mossad. Pre-Revolutionary Iran had the Savak. The US has the CIA…
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Clinical Guidelines When Treating Preschoolers With ADHD Not Followed By 90 Percent Of Pediatric Specialists: I wonder how many bother to refer these children for a comprehensive eye and vision examination since eye problems like convergence insufficiency have been shown to be associated with ADHD/ADD/impulsivity behaviors.
Added by Dominick M. Maino, OD, MEd, FAAO on June 1, 2013 at 11:47am — No Comments
Suppression lifted, fusion achieved!
Hello! This is my first blog post. It is a very exciting post for me to make. I have introduced myself in other threads on the site and have explained my situation previously, so I will simply use this opportunity to give an update. A brief recap: I have had alternating esotropia since birth and at six months had corrective surgery and brief patching after 4-5 years. My right eye was dominant and my left eye was suppressed, though I could consciously alternate at will. I have no reading…
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Added by Dominick M. Maino, OD, MEd, FAAO on May 27, 2013 at 11:15pm — No Comments
I found this painting that is very interesting....especially for eye docs!
http://mainosmusings.blogspot.com/2013/05/a-painting-by-michael-yacono.html
Added by Dominick M. Maino, OD, MEd, FAAO on May 27, 2013 at 8:24pm — No Comments
If you have never attending an ICBO meeting....2014 is when you should!
Also consider submitting a Poster or Paper.
More information can be found by clicking here!
Added by Dominick M. Maino, OD, MEd, FAAO on May 25, 2013 at 12:53pm — No Comments
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…
ContinueAdded by Dominick M. Maino, OD, MEd, FAAO on May 17, 2013 at 1:34pm — No Comments
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…
ContinueAdded by Dominick M. Maino, OD, MEd, FAAO on May 16, 2013 at 12:08pm — No Comments
Added by Dominick M. Maino, OD, MEd, FAAO on April 29, 2013 at 9:10pm — No Comments
Go here: https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/support-passage-therapeutic-pharmaceutical-law-puerto-rico-all-certified-optometrist/rQRSk1qD sign the petition.
Added by Dominick M. Maino, OD, MEd, FAAO on April 29, 2013 at 8:35pm — No Comments
....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…
ContinueAdded by Dominick M. Maino, OD, MEd, FAAO on April 26, 2013 at 7:57pm — No Comments
Research on how Facebook can help those with reading problems.
Added by Dominick M. Maino, OD, MEd, FAAO on April 26, 2013 at 1:57pm — No Comments
Evidenced-based clinical care should be used as often as possible. It should not be ignored or misused just because you might disagree with it. But....…
Added by Dominick M. Maino, OD, MEd, FAAO on April 1, 2013 at 4:33pm — No Comments
Added by Dominick M. Maino, OD, MEd, FAAO on March 22, 2013 at 2:08pm — No Comments
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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Added by Dominick M. Maino, OD, MEd, FAAO on March 12, 2013 at 11:30am — No Comments
Strabismus surgery is often the first (and only) recommendation when you have an eye turn. Perhaps you should seek a second opinion! Go to http://www.mainosmemos.com/2013/03/changes-in-health-related-quality-of.html to learn more.
Added by Dominick M. Maino, OD, MEd, FAAO on March 10, 2013 at 7:28pm — No Comments
http://mainosmusings.blogspot.com/2013/02/harlem-shake-lyons-family-eye-care-style.html#
We take eye and vision care seriously. We also take…
ContinueAdded by Dominick M. Maino, OD, MEd, FAAO on February 22, 2013 at 3:40pm — No Comments
I won't lie and copy Stereo Sue's "First Snowfall" wonder story in 3D. But I have to say that even though I don't see in 3D yet, I was beyond amazed at the snowfall yesterday.
It's been several years since I last saw snow falling. The last time was way before I started VT. So this is for sure my first time seeing snow in more depth and it is incredible. Unlike Sue, I wasn't so dazzled by…
Added by Susanna Z on February 19, 2013 at 3:30am — No Comments
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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.
Here is how to do it:
1. Navigate to your profile page
2. On the left-hand column navigation click "videos"
3. Immediately on screen you are prompted to "click to add videos." Follow the remaining on screen instructions.
Please note:
You can add up to 30 videos at a time, and each video may be up to 100MB in size. We support videos in the .mov, .mp4, .mpg, .avi, .wmv, .3gp, and .3g2 file formats.
If you would like to add a video to your status, please select video. Then copy and paste your Sovoto video link into the status bar.
As always, if you have any questions, please let me know.
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