Category Archives: Eye connections
Strabismus and heredity (genetics)
My father had the same alternating exotropia that I have. I thought I had avoided passing it down to my children and grandchildren, but not so. My daughter and granddaughter both got good results from my Optometrist. But at the … Continue reading
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Strabismus, rosacea, and rest
When I’m not wearing makeup, folks often ask, “Have you been out in the sun?” My fair complexion is more ruddy than fair, and recently doctors have labeled it rosacea. My face hasn’t bothered me much, but my eyes are … Continue reading
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Introvert or Extrovert?
Dr. Wanda Vaughn, my Behavioral Optometrist, says, “Put me in a room with a bunch of little ‘Tropes’ and I can almost divide the extroverts to one side of the room and the introverts to the other just by looking … Continue reading
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Education in focus
Dr. Wanda Vaughn, a developmental optometrist, completes a target push-up skill with a young student. The exercise trains him to move his eyes inward and stay focused on an object. Mark has been diagnosed with convergence insufficiency, which means the eyes don’t turn in enough to get a clear, single image.
There is a difference between eyesight and vision, according to Dr. Wanda Vaughn, a developmental optometrist with the Arkansas Vision Development Center.
Vaughn said that 20/20 eyesight, which means that an individual can see a certain size letter at 20 feet, is only part of a larger picture.
“While seeing clearly at 20 feet away is important, it actually has little to do with how our vision systems are used while reading,” she said.
Vaughn said, most of the time, children are not aware they are seeing incorrectly, so the condition often goes untreated or even misdiagnosed as ADD or ADHD. Continue reading
A network cable …er, brain circuit …is unplugged
I’ve seen an icon similar to this a lot lately, yet no cable was unplugged. My computer seemed to be continuously trying to connect to the net. If I managed to get connected it was only a short time before I was disconnected again. After switching cables around to confirm it was not a bad cable, I purchased a new router. My connection is better than ever now.
The little flashing icon reminded me of my eyes…
My Behavioral Optometrist has told me that our brain-eye connection is like a circuit that can sometimes loose connection. One of the goals of vision therapy is to repair the circuit.
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