Vision Therapy

What Is Vision Therapy?

Vision Therapy is an individualized, supervised treatment program designed to correct visual-motor and/or perceptual-cognitive deficiencies. Our Vision Therapy program offers a full range of services to patients of all ages, from children to older adults. Some visual conditions cannot be treated adequately with glasses, contact lenses, surgery, and/or eye patching and are best resolved through a program of Vision Therapy.

Vision Therapy Goals

In Vision Therapy, we strive to improve all aspects of the visual system including:

• Tracking: Moving the eyes smoothly across a printed page or while following a moving object and being able to quickly and accurately locate and inspect a series of stationary objects.

• Accommodation (Focusing): The ability to sustain clarity at the near point as well as looking quickly from far to near and back without blur.

• Eye Teaming or Binocularity: Aligning both eyes at the same place at the same time and moving them together as a team –smoothly, equally, and accurately.

• Depth Perception: Quickly and accurately judging the distance and speeds of objects – such as catching a ball.

• Eye / Hand / Body Coordination: How the hands, feet & body respond to visual information.

• Visual Perception: Understanding what is seen and integrating vision with the other senses.

Signs of A Learning Related Vision Problem

Child becomes easily distracted:

• Avoids near tasks

• Words move or float off page

• Low reading comprehension

• Poor concentration

• Frustrated with school

• Exaggerated head movements

• Loses place and skips lines

• Very close reading distance

• Rapidly fatigues when reading

• Reading below grade-appropriate words per minute

• Closing or covering one eye while reading

• Turning or tilting of head while reading

• Headaches or eyestrain

• Double vision

• Rubbing of the eyes

• Re-reading words or paragraphs

• Word or letter reversals

• Misjudgments of distance, size, and location in sports and play

Professional Services

As a child’s eyes develop, it is not uncommon for a number of problems to occur. Beyond blurred vision, children can develop a number of other visual and perceptual difficulties that are often not detected by a simple vision exam. Even a child with 20/20 visual acuity can have underlying vision problems!

We Specialize In The Areas of

• Amblyopia and Strabismus (Lazy eye)

• Accommodation, Binocular, and Eye Tracking Deficiencies

• Visual Processing Disorders

• Sports Vision Training

• Concussions/Traumatic Brain Injury