After years of indifference, oily fish like mackerel have come back gradually to our supper plate. And that's good news! We knew oily fish was good for our heart and blood vessels but now, the scientific community recognizes the protective properties of oily fish for maintaining our eye health. A French study examined the effects of omega-3 on the ...Continue Reading
How do you navigate in the world when you are blind ?
Daniel Kish has been blind since he was 13 months old, but has learned to “see” using a form of echolocation. He clicks his tongue and sends out flashes of sound that bounce off surfaces in the environment and return to him, helping him to construct an understanding of the space around him. In a rousing talk, Kish demonstrates how this works and asks us to ...Continue Reading
Hope for adult amblyopia!
The video game Diplopia is offering hope for adults with double vision, strabismus and amblyopia. ...Continue Reading
Vision Therapy Improves 3D Vision
Vision Therapy Improves 3D Vision See how vision therapy improves reading, learning and 3D Vision Vision Therapy for kids and adults ...Continue Reading
Infant Vision Guidance: Fundamental Vision Development in Infancy
This paper reviews the general stages of infant vision development with specific emphasis on the environmental factors affecting the emergence of the basic vision functions (visual acuity, pursuits, saccades, binocularity, and visual perception). Vision guidance and optometric vision therapy activities are explained and demonstrated to educate and guide ...Continue Reading
The Real Cost of Vision
It's hard to imagine all the repercussions of the many untreated eye conditions in our society... This is why Prevent Blindness decided to put a number on it! We need to take care of our eyes - and those of our children - we have only two! ...Continue Reading
