Additional Tests

We can find lenses that keep stress off the visual system when there are no significant visual problems and can prescribe lenses that compensate for blur, stress, headaches, double vision and other visual dysfunctions. If there are visual anomalies that don’t respond to lens therapy alone, we institute visual training programs specifically designed for each patient, to remedy these anomalies.

Thorough, in depth testing is required to evaluate all the visual functions. A quick measurement of the distance focusing is inadequate, in all people. From infants through senior citizens, there are tests that provide the information necessary to make good decisions about lens prescriptions, and/or additional treatments.

With this strategy we are really evaluating visual development and current visual functioning, including visual information processing. With this overview of vision, we have options for supporting the present status, compensating for inadequacies, or designing therapy protocols for eliminating deficits in visual performance.

We test for:

• Binocular match between the eyes, (eyes working together)
• Convergence stability, (steady aiming of the eyes).
• Depth perception
• Spatial location and orientation
• Eye/hand coordination
• Visual memory
• Visual tracking facility
• Saccadic eye movement efficiency, (necessary for reading)
• Perceptual development in children
• Visual motor development in children
• Multi tasking in visual activities
• Treatment stragegies include:
  • Lenses for near work
  • Lenses for computer work
  • Lenses for distance clearness, preferably with a near prescription built in (bifocals)
  • Visual development guidance
  • Partial occlusion to eliminate double vision
  • Visual training (or therapy)
  • Biofeedback for myopia reversal (reducing nearsightedness)