Reaching out and providing continuing education to doctors in Israel, Dr. Fortenbacher, Founder of Wow Vision Therapy,  presented a 1-hour Virtual Lecture on March 4, 2024, on The Clinical Significance of Your Observations in Evaluating Visual Processing in Children with Learning Problems.  One of Israel’s leading Developmental Optometrists, Dr. Robert Lederman, coordinated with Dr. Fortenbacher in bringing this lecture to the Israeli Chapter of COVD colleagues on not only the importance of standardized testing, but also the critical element of understanding your patient wit ..read more

Accelerating Amblyopia Treatment – Faster and Better Than Ever Before is the title of the lecture presented by the Wow Team of Doctors and Vision Therapists at the Annual Michigan Vision Therapy Study Group Educational Conference held on January 26-27, 2024, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. How can one obtain the best results in the shortest time for a patient with Amblyopia? To begin, it is essential that the Doctor provides a thorough, comprehensive diagnostic evaluation because, as the research shows, Amblyopia/Lazy Eye impacts much more than best-corrected reduced eyesight alone. It affects de ..read more

Amblyopia, or Lazy Eye, is the most common cause of vision loss in children. Moreover, parents are often told to follow a traditional model of amblyopia treatment involving occlusion therapy/eye patching of their child’s non-amblyopic eye for 2-4 hours a day for several months. In fact, eye patching has historically been the standard of care most eye doctors prescribe for treating children with Amblyopia, even though occlusion therapy has many problems associated with compliance, adverse side effects, and regression of visual acuity after patching is discontinued. However, the time has come t ..read more

On October  10, 2023, the 5th Episode of The Luminary Program launched, entitled Vision and Learning – Why Visual Skills Impact Academic Performance. In this episode, we dive into some of the specifics of vision conditions that influence reading and learning so that the viewer will gain more understanding, including research about what we are describing and some very basic yet effective vision screening techniques that can easily be administered. In addition, two case examples are provided. This will provide the viewer with much greater insight of how these vision issues affect ..read more

On August 8, 2023, the 4th Episode of The Luminary Program launched, entitled, Amblyopia – Effectively Treating Lazy Eye at Any Age.  In this episode, Dr  Alyssa Parz, Dr Alicia Bultsma and Dr Dan Fortenbacher speak about the characteristics of Amblyopia and why Lazy Eye is much more than loss of eye sight in one eye. More importantly, they discuss how this relatively common visual condition which affects 1 in 30 individuals interferes with not only eyesight from the affected eye, but the quality of visual function which includes visual processing, eye movement speed, efficienc ..read more

In the Spring of 2023, we launched a new streaming series entitled, The Luminary Program. The mission of The Luminary Program is to provide interesting and helpful information for the public, professional partners, and eye care professionals on topics of developmental vision and rehabilitation.  The first episode aired on April 20, 2023, and featured Dr. Alyssa Parz’s presentation on The Effects of Binocular Vision Dysfunctions on Socio-Emotional Development. Her presentation is a fascinating look at how a child or adult who presents with a condition of eye-teaming failure (Strabismus ..read more

Lazy Eye, Amblyopia, is a condition of visual impairment that affects about 1 in 30 individuals. There are different forms of Amblyopia, some are due to a form of eye teaming failure (Strabismus) that occurs in infancy or toddlerhood, and the other is due to a significant imbalance in refractive state (farsightedness, nearsightedness, astigmatism) between the two eyes, known as Refractive Amblyopia. In addition to providing the correct ophthalmic lens correction (eyeglasses), often a standard approach to treatment is patching the good eye for extended periods of time. However, patching often ..read more

By: Logan’s Parents Logan was struggling in school, and we had asked for him to be tested for Dyslexia or other learning disabilities by the school starting in 1st grade. With COVID and the school being shut down for his entire Kindergarten and most of the 1st grade, we were getting very worried about the lack of progress he was making. We were told they do not test until he is older and not to worry.  In 2nd grade, we asked again and were told the same thing. So, at his wellness appointment, we asked his pediatrician if there was someplace we could go to get him tested for Dyslexia. We ..read more

Our Founder, Dr. Dan Fortenbacher, was just featured in an interview for the Spring ’23 edition of Focal Points for the Michigan College of Optometry at Ferris State University. Take a look! The post Focal Points – MCO Interview with Dr. Dan Fortenbacher appeared first on Wow Vision Therapy ..read more

Wow Vision Therapy has a long history as a leader in the optometric specialty of neuro-optometry and vision rehabilitation, bringing advanced vision rehabilitation care to those in need. Our Doctors and vision therapists are continually striving to improve so that we provide our patients with the finest care in diagnostic and treatment service in this specialty. On January 27-28, 2023, our Wow Vision Therapy Team presented at the Annual Michigan Vision Therapy Study Group Meeting in Grand Rapids, Michigan. This year’s theme brought together an excellent combination of diagnosis and techniques ..read more