Tag: amblyopia

Prevalence of Amblyopia

  Read this article for a summary of research on prevalence of amblyopia, one of the most common non-legally-blind visual impediments in today’s classrooms. This research is approximately 40 years old, but still holds true. Regardless, all children should be…

Patching in Amblyopia

Here’s an article on patching in amblyopia: http://visionhelp.wordpress.com/2011/04/26/new-scientific-evidence-for-amblyopia-treatment-two-eyes-are-better-than-one/ Patching has long been used the treatment of ‘lazy eye’ (a term I rather dislike), otherwise known more clinically as ‘amblyopia’. Patching is and has been frequently misused and perhaps even abused…