{"id":1091,"date":"2020-04-12T12:24:44","date_gmt":"2020-04-12T12:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.optometrists.org\/wordpress\/?page_id=1091"},"modified":"2021-08-03T09:01:28","modified_gmt":"2021-08-03T09:01:28","slug":"lazy-eye-success-stories","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.optometrists.org\/vision-therapy\/vision-therapy-for-lazy-eye\/lazy-eye-success-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Lazy Eye: Success Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"

The following are real-life stories from patients who have successfully completed vision therapy for lazy eye.\u00a0<\/em><\/h2>\n

*Names have been changed for protection of privacy.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> for a list of more success stories pages, you might just recognize your child in.<\/p>\n

Bernard, age 6<\/i><\/b><\/h2>\n

In my role as a parent, I have been thrown on the other side of the consultant’s desk. My six year old was diagnosed with anisometropic amblyopia two months after his 5th birthday.<\/p>\n

His condition was identified by my ophthalmologist, who then referred me to the pediatric sub-specialist. The pediatric ophthalmologist informed me that my son’s visual acuity of 20\/200 in his left eye may or may not improve.<\/p>\n

In fact, I was told the prognosis was poor and we should start therapy with eye glasses. We subsequently proceeded to patch his “good” eye. His vision gained little ground and no mention of Vision Therapy was made.<\/p>\n

I pursued Vision Therapy after an educator made me aware of it. I went to an optometrist skilled in vision therapy and was given a list of at-home exercises to work on with my son. His vision started to improve.<\/b> When a better level of visual acuity was reached, we started in-office therapy.<\/p>\n

This not only helped strengthen the weak eye, but improved the other aspects of the amblyopia syndrome. It trained him to use binocular vision<\/b> [both eyes at the same time] by using the weaker eye when the stronger eye is not patched. He is now at 20\/40 with glasses.<\/p>\n

By Iris S., MD<\/b><\/p>\n

Kimberley C., Adult<\/b><\/h2>\n

When my optometrist and I finally figured out that I had lost binocular vision [two-eyed], it was a huge relief. I came to Dr. X hoping that we could fix the problem.<\/p>\n

Vision Therapy was slow going at first, but I stuck with it and slowly we started seeing improvements. Then one day it seemed like someone threw the light switch and my eyes started working together again. They continue to improve and it has been an uplifting and exciting experience.<\/p>\n

I am living proof that a person can regain better vision even when they are older<\/b>. I would strongly recommend to anyone with a child with vision problems to take care of it ASAP as it will ensure a better education and life in general.<\/p>\n

by Kimberly C.<\/b><\/p>\n

Ryan, age 14<\/b><\/h2>\n

Ryan’s concentration has increased greatly. He doesn’t struggle with memorizing any more. He reads faster without having to close one eye, and he no longer gets frustrated when doing thinking tasks.<\/p>\n

By Billie S. J.<\/b><\/p>\n

Ashley, age 6<\/b><\/h2>\n

My daughter Ashley was having great difficulty in the first grade. When she began vision therapy with Dr. X, her grades were low and her handwriting was below the standard of her age group<\/b>.<\/p>\n

The teacher was so concerned that she recommended that I have Ashley’s mental capacity tested. I knew that was not the source of the problem because when I went over her school work at home, she had no problem comprehending the information. The trouble stemmed from her writing the information on paper.<\/p>\n

Around the same time, her gym teacher expressed concern about Ashley’s great difficulty catching a ball and her eye to hand coordination<\/b>. I started taking Ashley here once a week for Vision Therapy. She was diagnosed as having difficulty focusing her vision due to her lazy eye.<\/p>\n

After about a year of therapy, Ashley’s grades have improved to the point where she is currently on the Honor Roll.<\/b> She received all A’s and B’s on her school work. Her handwriting has improved tremendously.<\/p>\n

Her second grade teacher is happy with her performance. Ashley has also regained her confidence regarding her physical abilities. She wants to play more sports in her spare time.<\/p>\n

Ashley looks forward to her weekly visits because the staff makes the exercises seem like games rather than therapy. They have a very upbeat and positive attitude, which inspires and motivates my daughter.<\/p>\n

Ashley has been helped tremendously at a very critical time in her physical and mental development.<\/p>\n

D.H., Ashley’s parent<\/b>,<\/p>\n

Lisa, age 8<\/b><\/h2>\n

My child, Lisa, who was seven at the time, had just begun to have headaches. The event that called to our attention that our daughter needed help with her eyes, was that our daughter, following an eye check at school, came home and told me that she could not see anything on the eye chart out of her left eye<\/b>.<\/p>\n

The health nurse sent home a card telling the results of the test. At this point we had her examined by our optometrist, who immediately referred us to a developmental optometrist (vision therapy specialist).<\/p>\n

Since Vision Therapy Lisa can now SEE with BOTH eyes. When she started, one eye was 70% shut down giving only 30% vision in that eye<\/b>. She has near normal vision now. She wears both contacts and glasses and is doing just great.<\/p>\n

Mother of Lisa<\/b><\/p>\n

Matthew, age 8<\/b><\/h2>\n

Problems prior to Vision Therapy:<\/b><\/p>\n