{"id":10850,"date":"2021-04-25T13:46:54","date_gmt":"2021-04-25T13:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.optometrists.org\/?page_id=10850"},"modified":"2021-07-20T04:38:48","modified_gmt":"2021-07-20T04:38:48","slug":"2021-update-lazy-eye-and-adults","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.optometrists.org\/vision-therapy\/guide-to-vision-therapy-for-adults\/2021-update-vision-therapy-for-adults\/2021-update-lazy-eye-and-adults\/","title":{"rendered":"2021 Update: Lazy Eye and Adults"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lazy eye is estimated to affect up to 5% of all adults.<\/b><\/h2>\n

For many decades, it has been thought that only children under the age of 10 could be successfully treated for amblyopia<\/a> (lazy eye). In other words, lazy eye treatment was usually not provided to children older than nine.<\/p>\n

However, the National Eye Institute (NEI) recently funded a study that found that lazy eye can be successfully treated at least up to age 17 and even adults!<\/a><\/p>\n

Now, lazy eye can be effectively treated in high school and college student and even adults<\/a>!<\/b><\/p>\n

What is lazy eye?<\/b><\/h2>\n

Lazy eye,<\/a> also known as amblyopia, is a neuro-developmental vision condition that is caused when one eye is unable to achieve normal visual acuity or does not allow the full development of 3D vision.<\/p>\n

A lazy eye typically affects the vision or visual function<\/a> of the affected eye, causing blurred vision which contributes to poor depth perception and binocular vision.<\/p>\n

Amblyopia may develop due to other vision conditions such as a wandering or crossed eye (strabismus), or unequal vision in the two eyes caused by nearsightedness, farsightedness or astigmatism.<\/p>\n

Contact an eye doctor<\/b><\/a> near you who can diagnose and treat your lazy eye.<\/p>\n

Symptoms of lazy eye<\/b><\/h2>\n

Common symptoms of lazy eye:<\/p>\n