Princess Liana had trouble seeing the beautiful birds she
heard singing in the tree, but with the help of the magician, Maximilian, her
eyesight was fixed with a magical pair of glasses. Unfortunately, not every
child’s eyesight can be fixed with a pair of glasses. As I mentioned in the last post, Dr. Brett Miller, from Triangle Visions Optometry, said, these are not really even eye problems, but issues with how the brain
processes information that the child takes in visually. And they require what
is called “Vision Therapy”. There are
three main issues that require vision therapy.
They are: eye focusing problems, eye movement problems, and eye-teaming
problems." “For example," says Dr.
Miller, “with eye-teaming, when you go to the doctor’s office, they check your
eyes one at a time. They really don’t do
much testing of the eyes together. In
the real world, we are always using both eyes together. Also, most of the work a child does at school
is up close or near work at her desk, reading and writing. There are a number of other visual skills
that the eye chart doesn’t look at, like
focusing or if the eyes line up to the same spot, or how well the eyes move
across the page. Those are the three
main ones. And there are more visual
factors, but what is important is to remember that Clarity of Vision, which is what is tested for generally at schools
or the pediatrician’s office, is different than Vision. And some of these visual factors may require Vision Therapy.”
Wow! Who knew glasses weren’t always the answer to children’s
vision issues?! Below is an image of Dr. Miller using some vision therapy tools on an adorable patient!
See ya!
Laura
P.S. Princess Liana just joined the Twitter world! Follow her and stay updated with the magical things going on in her kingdom!
