Archive for the ‘Vision therapy’ Category
Saturday, June 3rd, 2006
After struggling with her two year old son for over an hour, Kelly finally gave up getting him to wear his new eye patch. Then she came up with an innovative idea. She produced a video of puppets wearing eye patches to encourage her son to wear his. ...
Posted in Children's vision, Education, Just for fun, Vision therapy | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, May 23rd, 2006
I once read a comment from an adult who said she was punished as child every time her eye drifted. Her parents thought by punishing her they would force her to learn keep her eyes fused. Those who don't have strabismus have no idea how difficult it is ...
Posted in Children's vision, Help and find help, Social trauma, Strabismus surgery, Vision therapy | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, April 26th, 2006
Here's an interesting study about the relationship between the brain and the eyes. Scientists are learning new things about this which are important, according to the article, "because every time a surgeon manipulates the muscles around the eye it might interfere with these abilities."
See the complete article here:
Eye's structure, ...
Posted in Eye connections, Strabismus surgery, Vision therapy | No Comments »
Thursday, April 20th, 2006
Wouldn't it be great if doing Vision Therapy was as fun as playing our favorite computer games? Perhaps that day is soon here!
Virtual reality games to treat amblyopia are already being researched at Nottingham University and the results are looking good.
Read the full story here:
BBC NEWS | Technology | ...
Posted in Computers and internet, Just for fun, Vision therapy | 2 Comments »
Thursday, March 2nd, 2006
[How do you get a 3-year-old to keep an eye patch on? The excellent idea below comes from Tara. Tara managed to find ways to make patching fun so her daughter WANTS to wear the patch!]
(image by cctay100) My daughter didn't like the patch at ...
Posted in Children's vision, Just for fun, Vision therapy | 1 Comment »
