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…
Tag: amblyopia
Visual Plasticity
From the TED.com post below: Pawan Sinha details his groundbreaking research into how the brain’s visual system develops. Sinha and his team provide free vision-restoring treatment to children born blind, and then study how their brains learn to interpret visual…
Atropine in Amblopia
It is fairly common still to for OD’s and MD’s to use atropine penalization for amblyopia treatment, and that this can continue for up to a year or more. Still, there is very little data supporting this practice over other…
Low Vision in a Prison Population
The incidence and significance of low visual acuity in a prison population Brian R. Ariel MSc, FCOptom, FAAO and Donald F.C. Loran MSc, FCOptom, AMCT, DCLP From the introduction: Important risk factors for offending include low attainment, poor family supervision,…