There is much to be said about means and theory of myopia control. This includes the plain fact that there is not a lot of clear science behind a) if it is possible, and b) what works. In a recent…
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Book: Clinical Management of Binocular Vision
Clinical Management of Binocular Vision: Heterophoric, Accommodative, and Eye Movement Disorders [Paperback] Mitchell Scheiman OD (Author), Bruce Wick OD PhD (Author) From the product description online: This basic text covers the evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of the most prevalent vision…
Pediatrician: Vision Contributes to Learning Difficulties
Vision has traditionally been recognized as the main sense in about 80% of what children do in a classroom. Today, with the heavy reliance on text-based learning, especially that which presented on digital screens at near distances, we find that…
ADHD, Drugs, Kids and the Classroom: Asking Hard Questions
Read this post from LearningManagement.ca on ADHD medications and why they are prescribed. http://learningmanagement.ca/kid-drugs-and-the-classroom-asking-the-hard-questions/
The McGurk Effect
A more complicated explanation follows, but simply put, the McGurk effect happens when our eyes tell our ears what they’re hearing. It’s a wonderful demonstration of how vision and hearing are paired in language. In the the video that follows,…
Visual Impediments to Learning
The latest edition of Optometry and Visual Performance (OVP) contains an article I co-authored with Dr. Noella Piquette from the University of Lethbridge on Visual Impediments to Learning. It is an overview of the physiology, politics, and clinical aspects of…
Reading Reflex
‘Reading Reflex’, by Carmen McGuinness and Geoffrey McGuinness is a great resource to offer parents to assist with reading development. This program will have no impact on underlying binocular vision concerns and is therefore not a substitute for a thorough functional…
COVD Research on Vision Therapy
The request for ‘proof’ that vision rehabilitation ‘works’ is a common one, albeit slightly annoying to those working in the field. It’s tantamount to asking ‘does medicine work’? The question is too broad to answer and depends on too many…