The following arises from a discussion in the DOC-L mail list sponsored by SCO. The topic was the use of binasal occluders (varying opacity sectoral occlusion applied to spectacle lenses to encourage lateral muscle function and spatial awareness). Typically, such…
Category: Strabismus
Michael Lievens: The Lifelong Impact of Surgery Over Vision Rehabilitation
This post from our friend Robert Nurisio (Vision Therapist in Texas) speaks volumes about the impact of medical-surgical approaches to what are fundamentally not medical concerns. Michael Lievens is a Belgian blogger who has struggled with intractable diplopia for many…
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/
CITT
The Convergence Insufficiency Treatment Trials One of the more well known studies on the efficacy of VT for binocular vision concerns. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18300086
Guest Author: Michael Lievens
Michael is a friend of mine, colleague and collaborator. He is not a doctor, but knows more about vision than most MDs, and likely many ophthalmologists when it comes to functional vision concerns. Michael was a high hyperope and had…
Dr. Kellye Knueppel VT Blog
Dr. Kellye Knueppel is a VTOD in Wisconsin who has a very active blog life. Her articles target a general audience and so can be appropriate for OD’s just starting out on their journey into visual neurosensory rehabilitation. I like…