Optometric Vision Therapy
Some visual conditions cannot be treated adequately with just glasses, contact lenses and/or patching, and are best resolved through a program of Vision Therapy.
What is Optometric Vision Therapy?
Vision Therapy is an individualized, supervised, treatment program designed to correct visual-motor and/or perceptual-cognitive deficiencies. Vision Therapy sessions include procedures designed to enhance the brain's ability to control:
- eye alignment,
- eye teaming,
- eye focusing abilities,
- eye movements, and/or
- visual processing.
Visual-motor skills and endurance are developed through the use of specialized computer and optical devices, including therapeutic lenses, prisms, and filters. During the final stages of therapy, the patient's newly acquired visual skills are reinforced and made automatic through repetition and by integration with motor and cognitive skills.
Who Benefits from Optometric Vision Therapy?
Children and adults with visual challenges, such as:
- Learning-Related Vision Problems
- Poor Binocular (2-Eyed) Coordination
- Stress-induced Difficulties - Blurred Vision, Eyestrain, Headaches, Dizziness, etc.
- Visual Rehabilitation for Special Needs - Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Stroke, Birth Injury, Brain Damage, Head Injury, Whiplash, Cerebral Palsy, MS, etc.
- Visual Rehabilitation for Special Needs - Developmental Delays, Visual Perceptual Visual-Motor Deficits, Attention Deficit Disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Sports Vision
Optometric Vision Therapy at The Center for Vision Development:
Vision Therapy sessions vary depending on the patient’s individual case. The typical vision therapy session is one-on-one with a doctor-trained vision therapist and lasts approximately 60 minutes. Each patient’s treatment frequency and program length varies with the diagnosis.
