Discovering Vision Therapy Blog

Kids Who Won’t Wear Their Glasses Are Telling Us Something

Kids who won’t wear their glasses reject them for a variety of reasons. One in particular may come as a surprise to parents and teachers: The glasses are not the optimal prescription.

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Topics: Functional Vision

What Opternative Eye Exams Are Missing


Online vision tests from companies like Opternative are not accurate for diagnosing typical eye health problems. But they also fail to detect functional vision problems, which can impact a person’s ability to learn and work. Let’s look at the proper alternative to companies like Opternative.

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Topics: Functional Vision

The Key to Overcoming Your Functional Vision Problem

When it comes to any health problem, it's the symptoms that facilitate resolution. Symptoms are like a road map, steering us toward effective solutions. Sometimes these symptoms are quite clear – they tell us with no uncertainty what is ailing. Other times our symptoms can be far more ambiguous. With functional vision problems, this kind of ambiguity is common -- its symptoms are routinely misinterpreted, leading to misdiagnosis.

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Topics: Vision and Learning, Functional Vision, Double Vision, Functional Vision Problems, The Vision Therapy Center, Developmental Optometrist, Dr. Kellye Knueppel, Directionality, Visual Skills, Symptoms of Functional Vision Problems

Summer Break Not Always an Escape for Struggling Students

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Topics: Learning-Related Vision Problems, Functional Vision, Functional Vision Problems

Seven Types of Functional Vision Problems and Their Symptoms

 

We’ve posted many times about functional vision problems, but it occurred to us that we haven’t put together a definitive post of the main problems and their symptoms.  Let’s take an in-depth look, and also explain why they’re not detected by typical vision screenings.

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Topics: Functional Vision, Functional Vision Problems, Convergence Insufficiency, Visual System

Why a Summer Eye Exam is so Critical for a Struggling Student

Summer is just around the corner (or at least that’s the rumor here in Wisconsin).  If you have a child who is a struggling student, the break from school will be welcome – but it shouldn’t be squandered. Use the summer months to schedule a Functional Vision Test.  It just might reveal why your child is struggling in school.

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Topics: Learning-Related Vision Problems, Functional Vision, Functional Vision Test

Does Smartphone Usage Affect a Child’s Functional Vision?

New technologies always produce unintended uses.  For smart phones, you can now add “babysitter” to the list.  From infants on up, parents are allowing children to use smart phones more and more – often impacting their functional vision in a negative way.  Here are some tips to help you avoid big problems down the line.

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Topics: Functional Vision, Computer Vision Syndrome

Do NFL Officials Need a Functional Vision Test?


It’s been many weeks since the Inaccurate Reception, aka the botched call in the Green Bay Packers –Seattle Seahawks football game.  But as the season draws to a close and the Packers are in a tight battle for the division race, the implications of that call loom large.  The issue here goes far beyond replacement refs and instant reply, however.  We think the discussion should be placed on testing an official’s functional vision.

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Topics: Functional Vision