Category Archives: Treatment

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

Drugs for strabismus and amblyopia: Connecting our eyes again

[See end of article for photo credit.] Wouldn’t it be super if we could just pop a pill and it would do something in our brains to connect our eyes properly again? Recent comments on our January 5, 2006, post … Continue reading

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Seeing beyond strabismus

When I updated my post-surgery status on April 12, things weren’t looking very good, literally. My January 12 strabismus surgery had originally taken me from a torsion to near perfect vision. But my vision had deteriorated over the next few … Continue reading

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Fixing the inner problem of strabismus: which direction is best?

Eunice from Singapore writes: Hi, Greetings from Singapore. I am very worried about my son age 3+ now, his eyes is always drifting away when he’s tried or ill. I guess that called Strabismus, right ? Any cured or treatment … Continue reading

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Stereo versus monocular vision through Anthony’s eyes

–written by anthony d’agostino for permissions see end of item If people truly had zero depth perception, how could they function? Everything could be like that game you play when you were a kid where you hold the moon in … Continue reading

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Stereoscopes, 3-d stereo binocular vision, and Vision Therapy

Ever since Charles Wheatstone invented the Stereoscope using mirrors in the 1830′s, people have been fascinated with 3-dimentional stereoscopic vision and depth perception. The New Yorker published a very interesting article called Stereo Sue about 10 months ago. You’ll want … Continue reading

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