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Old 10-18-2010, 10:53 AM
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In our case my daughter saw two different neuro opthamologists who both said, "there's a problem...give it a year or so". Our family optomitrist said, "there's a problem, someone can help". Then we found a vision therapist.

I think most optomitrists could help you determine if there is a problem, but you would need an experienced vision therapist to help you treat it. They work with special computer programs, devices that force you to keep both sides of your brain engaged, and machinery that forces you to keep your eyes focused while you are in movement.

Vision therapists do some very simple tests that optomitrists don't do in routine exams. Walking a straight line, for example, or drawing a line with a pencil in each hand and trying to meet in the middle. It gets more complicated, of course, but these are things your basic 20/20 vision screening will miss.

People's brains play tricks on them to tell them everything is ok, even though they are seeing things move that shouldn't be moving, they see little shadows flying across floors, they are seeing double, etc. These tests go around your brain's compensatory tricks and reveal real problems with vision.

You might try this website if you haven't already: http://www.nora.cc/

Good luck--
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