Category Archives: Treatment

Vision Therapy and Eye Muscle Surgery are usually considered the two major forms of treatment for strabismus.

My Travelin’ Eye: book review

My Travelin’ Eye by Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw “When I was born, I came out looking both ways.” That’s how Jenny Sue begins her beautifully illustrated children’s book, My Travelin’ Eye. She writes, draws, and colors her “own experience as a … Continue reading

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Susanna, the One Eyed Princess

Susanna was born with strabismus in the former USSR. The photo below is “of me in 1979 in Russia with a play phone, where you can see that my eyes were really crossed,” she writes. Susanna is a speaker, world-traveler, … Continue reading

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Video games improve vision in adults with amblyopia

Video games can improve vision in adults with amblyopia by 30% according to a Sept., 2010, news release from the University of California, Berkley. Research subjects age 20-60 played video games for two hours at a time, for a total … Continue reading

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New fun video game offers vision training in minutes a day!

Flash Focus: Vision Training in Minutes a Day is a new video game for Nintendo DS. It’s designed to improve hand-eye coordination, focus, and peripheral vision through a series of fun games. Flash Focuswas developed in Japan and is distributed … Continue reading

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Photos of rectus eye muscle strabismus surgery in progress

I’ve been asked several times if I know of any photos on the net of strabismus surgery in progress. I came across these photos a few weeks ago. I’ve been hesitant to publish them, because while it may help relieve … Continue reading

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