Paired With Sleep, 'Binocular' Treatment Improves Vision Problem
New research links “binocular” vision therapy and post-treatment sleep to enhanced recovery in children with a common vision problem.
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New research links “binocular” vision therapy and post-treatment sleep to enhanced recovery in children with a common vision problem.
Presenting visual stimuli to both eyes, rather than the weaker eye alone, may be a better way to treat amblyopia, also called lazy eye.
The study suggests treatment therapy that requires both eyes to work together might help more than patching therapy for treating lazy eyes.
Amblyopia, sometimes called lazy eye, is a common vision problem in children and babies, and it's typically been treated by having the child wear a patch on the stronger eye, with the goal of improving sight for the weaker eye.
Amblyopia, sometimes called lazy eye, is a common vision problem in children and babies, and it’s typically been treated by having the child wear a patch on the stronger eye, with the goal of improving sight for the weaker eye.