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Video on Children and Vision

Here is a link to a video on youtube talking about vision and learning.  It is a quick overview but I always think it is a good idea to hear another perspective...


Double Vision

It is actually normal to see double, physiological diplopia (double vision) assists us in determining depth.  Hold one finger up at arm’s length and look at it...


Non-Normal Double Vision

We previously discussed how it is normal to see double all the time here.  However generally when we discuss double vision however it is in non-normal situations...


Vision Screenings

Vision screenings are used to find, glaucoma, strabismus, amblyopia and other eye disorders.  However smaller less obvious disorders are often overlooked causing people to think they are healthy when they really are not...


Vision and Driving

Vision is actually a learned skill, it is not something we are born knowing how to do.  We learn to view the objects around us, and predict their interaction with ourselves and other objects...


Superbowl Sunday

While watching the Superbowl last Sunday I got to thinking about the key parts to hosting a successful Superbowl Party...


Depth Perception vs. Binocular Vision

Take a second and try this, close an eye and then stick out your index fingers and point them at each other.  Start about six inches apart and bring them together quickly until the touch...


My Story

At the age of eight I was in the second grade (yes I repeated kindergarten so I was older than I should have been), and while I knew my letters and could read short words I really hated to read...


Standard School Requests for Binocular Vision Disorders

Whenever I find a child with a binocular vision disorder (convergence insufficiency, convergence excess, accommodative insufficiency etc.) I always follow up with a letter...


Processing- All in Your Head

Our model of vision began with the eyes.  When they are functioning correctly and provide clear, efficient input processing begins within the brain...