{"id":7368,"date":"2020-08-15T19:23:19","date_gmt":"2020-08-15T19:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.optometrists.org\/?page_id=7368"},"modified":"2021-08-04T04:51:30","modified_gmt":"2021-08-04T04:51:30","slug":"vision-therapy-for-double-vision-success-stories","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.optometrists.org\/vision-therapy\/neuro-optometry\/vision-and-brain-injuries\/double-vision-diplopia\/vision-therapy-for-double-vision-success-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Vision Therapy for Double Vision: Success Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"

Personal stories from adults and children diagnosed with double vision.<\/b><\/h2>\n

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

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

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

My eight-year-old son was a happy, busy boy, but at the end of third grade, he still hated to read. I couldn’t understand why\u2014 he loved to be read to. His father and I both were avid readers of different kinds of books and magazines, and his older sister read late into the night. Why was it a battle even to get him to do his reading homework, let alone to read for pleasure?<\/p>\n

Thanks to a fluke set of circumstances and a conversation at the right time, I heard about Vision Therapy. After making initial assessments on my son’s vision process, Dr. X showed me a graphic example of exactly how my son saw the printed page.<\/p>\n

Yes, he could decipher first-grade size letters, and yes, he could pick up clues from the picture. But third and fourth-grade books had much smaller print. My son’s eyes couldn’t focus together for long, so he saw a double image. No wonder reading was, literally, such a headache for him!<\/p>\n

I will never forget the expression of heartfelt relief on my son’s face as he said, “So that’s why reading is so easy for everybody else and so hard for me!” The diagnosis alone instantly boosted my son’s confidence tremendously.<\/p>\n

My son was motivated to do the exercises. Didn’t he learn to snap his fingers by trying it over and over? Vision is a skill that can be learned and improved – so of course, he was going to do his exercises. Could he do jumping jacks while reading letters? Could he make the third image appear in between the other two? Could he beat his time while circling the proper letters? These so-called exercises were actually games and tricks to him!<\/p>\n

After the first few months of vision training, my son’s reading had noticeably improved. I no longer had to stand over him while he did his reading homework. When he went to the library, he no longer had to choose between beginning readers and read-aloud books. There were interesting books that he could read for himself.<\/p>\n

I am thrilled with Vision Therapy, I am thrilled with the process, and I am thrilled with the results. Best of all, my son now reads!<\/p>\n

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