Discovering Vision Therapy Blog

Too Much Homework Wasn’t the Cause of His Struggles in School

Meet Nicholas. In second grade, he was spending 2-3 hours on homework.  But surprisingly enough to his mother, it wasn’t a case of too much homework - it was convergence insufficiency.  In this success story video, she describes her son’s incredible turnaround as a result of vision therapy.  

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Topics: Success Stories, Learning-Related Vision Problems, Convergence Insufficiency, Success Stories - CI

Infantile Strabismus Leads to Vision Therapy - and Results

Audrey Engelbart was between 18 and 24 months old when her mother Dawn noticed her eyes weren’t quite right.  One of them appeared to be turning out, a condition known as infantile strabismus.  But as the Engelbarts were soon to discover, their daughter’s eye problems was more than cosmetic.

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Topics: Success Stories, Vision Therapy, Strabismus (Crossed Eyes), Success Stories - Strabismus

Vision Therapy and Syntonics Help Patient Recover from Brain Injury

The following success story comes to us from Emily Baxter, who received vision therapy and syntonics treatment to help her recover from brain-related vision problems.

Vision therapy took me from being uncomfortable most of the day to being comfortable for most of the day doing many life activities I was not able to do before.

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Topics: Success Stories, Vision Therapy, Syntonics

Teachers Thought He Wasn’t Paying Attention in Class

In school, Jack Coakley would often look away from his desk and gaze out the window.  His teachers thought he wasn’t paying attention.  It wasn’t until he visited The Vision Therapy Center that his parents and teachers realized this apparent lack of attention was really a functional vision problem.

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Topics: Success Stories, Vision and Learning, Learning-Related Vision Problems, Vision Therapy

Vision Therapy Success Strikes Twice

Even someone who writes about vision therapy on a regular basis can miss the symptoms – or lack thereof – of a functional vision problem.  This was the case of my son Sam, whom I’m proud to say is the latest of our vision therapy success stories.

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Topics: Success Stories, Vision Therapy

Vision Therapy Helps Andrew Overcome His Convergence Insufficiency


A success story from Angela, a client of The Vision Therapy Center.  Her son Andrew suffered from a convergence insufficiency.  

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Topics: Success Stories, Learning-Related Vision Problems, Convergence Insufficiency, Success Stories - CI

Vision Therapy for Convergence Insufficiency Proves Highly Effective

Lisa Livieri was at the end of her rope.  She was receiving daily calls about her son Brent’s behavior issues.  She was also frustrated as her son struggled in school.  In this latest Vision Therapy Success Story, she describes how vision therapy has helped Brent make a remarkable transformation.

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Topics: Success Stories, Vision Therapy, Convergence Insufficiency, Success Stories - CI

Tasha Writes About Her Own Vision Therapy Success


It's time for another vision therapy success story, but this one is a little different.  We typically interview moms and dads, either writing an article or posting a video.  But this one is from a student - Tasha Brenner. 

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Topics: Success Stories

Discovery of Daughter’s Lazy Eye a Surprise for Family



Why is it that so many kids with vision problems don’t get treatment? In cases of amblyopia, it’s often because the kids don’t even realize they have a vision problem.  For Maya’s family, the discovery that their daughter had ‘lazy eye’ was a huge surprise.

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Topics: Success Stories, Vision Therapy, Amblyopia (Lazy Eye), Success Stories - Amb

He Never Read a Book Until Frustrated Mom Found a Solution

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Topics: Success Stories, Learning-Related Vision Problems