Dr. Kellye Knueppel’s trip to Athens was a combination of diagnosing difficult vision problems, meeting new friends, and experiencing an international thrill few of us will ever see.
Dr. Kellye Knueppel’s trip to Athens was a combination of diagnosing difficult vision problems, meeting new friends, and experiencing an international thrill few of us will ever see.
Topics: News
Lazy eye, or amblyopia, is a vision problem that’s not easy to detect, especially in children.
According to the American Optometric Association, 1 in 4 children have a vision problem that affects their ability to learn. Many of those problems are vision problems which aren’t detected during typical vision screenings performed by schools and pediatricians.
Topics: Vision Therapy, Functional Vision Problems
At age 7, my son was struggling with reading and both of us were becoming very frustrated. After getting his eyes tested, he was diagnosed with amblyopia (what is commonly referred to as “lazy eye”).
Topics: Success Stories, Vision Therapy, Amblyopia (Lazy Eye)
You’re probably familiar with the eye chart used by most schools for vision screenings. It’s called the Snellen chart, and despite its widespread usage, it tends to miss significant vision problems.
Topics: Functional Vision Problems, Snellen Eye Chart, Visual System
You’ve just been told your son or daughter has amblyopia, and that sends you scrambling home for an amblyopia definition. When you define “amblyopia”, you discover just how amazing the brain and the entire visual system are.
Topics: Amblyopia (Lazy Eye)
You naturally have two questions when you learn your child needs vision therapy:
1. How much therapy will I need?
2. How much of it will my health insurance cover?
The answer to question #1 depends on your results from the Functional Vision Test and the progress you make with your doctor and therapist. The answer to question #2 is a bit less concrete.
Topics: Vision Therapy, Paying for Vision Therapy
Every day, families come to us in need of vision therapy, but lack medical insurance to cover the costs. These families understand how important vision therapy is for their child, however, and find creative ways to help cover the out-of-pocket costs.
Topics: Paying for Vision Therapy
When I was but a wee lad, I remember my older brother crossing his eyes, and shook my head as he ignored the conventional wisdom on strabismus in adults and children and – gasp – crossed his eyes.
Topics: Strabismus (Crossed Eyes)
