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VisionHelp represents a group of leading Optometric vision specialists in the U.S. who serve to provide greater awareness and understanding of the science and best practices for training the visual brain. VisionHelp consists of University Professors, past presidents of national and state associations and authors of professional publications on various aspects of vision treatment and vision..
The VisionHelp Blog
1d ago
So, if you have a child with poor attention and concentration what do you do? When a child has trouble with “paying attention” in the classroom, concentrating on reading, difficulty staying focused on homework, and other examples including fidgeting or sitting still, a common concern would be that this child has ADHD. As a matter ..read more
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2w ago
You know from our VisionHelp Amblyopia Library that the binocular approach to amblyopia therapy has gained wider traction. Here in San Francisco, at the COVD/OVDRA meeting, Dr. Scott Lewis will be giving a continuing education lecture on the importance of the binocular approach to therapy and the movement away from occlusion and the monocular emphasis ..read more
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1M ago
This post completes a 24 hour triad that began with part 1 consisting of Nate Bonilla-Warford’s query yesterday about Hoya’s patented binocular eye modeling, extended to part 2 in which I presented a white paper from Essilor on its binocular behavioral profiling, and concludes with Steve Gallop’s list-serve entry this morning which is too good ..read more
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1M ago
Dr. Nathan Bonilla-Warford queried the “VT-OD” list-serve this morning, asking if anyone had experience with Hoya’s new progressive lenses in practice. Nate wanted help in separating the wheat from the chaff. We’ve addressed this subject before about theory versus practice, and promise versus delivery with various proprietary lens types. I don’t have any personal experience ..read more
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1M ago
Just came across this relatively short but useful document from the AOA written several years ago (issued July 13, 2021) that I hadn’t seen or heard of before. As with most concise documents of this nature, there are isolated statements that one might quibble with. For instance, ” … convergence insufficiency’—difficulty in keeping the two ..read more
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1M ago
As much as good information on vision and learning is welcome from within our profession (see our VisionHelp Vision & Learning Library for example), it is equally if not more powerful when it comes in the form of an endorsement by professionals outisde our profession. I’ll cut right to the chase and give you the ..read more
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2M ago
Controversy is nothing new to eyecare. Lively debate can be healthy. In fact, there’s an annual meeting now in its 15th year designed specifically to court controversy in Ophthalmology. ODs on Facebook is a private online group which now has close to 50,000 members, so when Dr. Jeffrey Cooper shared his thoughts a few days ..read more
The VisionHelp Blog
2M ago
First, a book recommendation: Written by two professors at the London Business School, one of economics and the other of management, this isn’t your typical longevity book about life extension. It’s more of a fresh look at our outdated concept of a linear model of development where we’re cared for, educated, go to work, raise ..read more
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2M ago
Make sure your plans at this year’s COVD/OVDRA meeting include attending the VDR Symposium on April 10 from 7:00 – 8:30 pm, which will be a Festschrift for Dr. W. C. Maples. This is a program that you won’t want to miss, wrapped up by WC’s personal reflections. Here is the current lineup, with another special entry ..read more
The VisionHelp Blog
2M ago
It will come as no surprise to readers of our blog that amblyopia is a problem in binocular neuro-development in which reduced BVA is one overt sign, but not the most important one with regard to visual function. Yet it is only recently that PEDIG studies have looked at the success of amblyopia intervention in ..read more