Research

An Assessment of Stereovision Acquired in Adulthood.Barry, Susan R.; Bridgeman, BruceCLINICAL REPORT: PDF Only SIGNIFICANCE: Increasing evidence indicates that childhood binocular vision disorders that lead to stereodeficiency may be treated in adulthood. Reports of patients who gain stereopsis as adults indicate that this achievement provides for a qualitatively different and dramatically improved sense of space […]

Vision impairments such as age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and glaucoma are among the top risk factors for geriatric falls and fall-related injuries. AMD and glaucoma lead to loss of the central and peripheral visual fields, respectively. This study utilized a custom contact lens model to occlude the peripheral or central visual fields in healthy adults, […]

Sonia L.J. Whitea, , , Joanne M. Woodb, Alexander A. Blackb, Shelley HopkinsbAbstractLearning is multisensory, thus impaired vision may impact on classroom learning and subsequently, academic achievement. This research investigated the impact of impaired vision on academic achievement in a sample of 109 Grade 3 Australian children. Approximately 30% of the sample were identified as […]

1.      Kinesiology – has it a use in Optometric Practice? IASK conference, Kings College, London University,1997 2.      Functional visual fields – Their importance in the assessment of children with educational difficulties, Optician August 11, 2000 No 5763 Vol 220 3.      Functional Visual Fields and Dural Torque,  Journal of Optometric Phototherapy April 2000 (US) 4.      Vision […]

Kenneth J. Ciuffreda, O.D., Ph.D. State University of New York, State College of Optometry, Department of Vision Sciences, New York, New York Background: For nearly 75 years, optometric vision therapy has been an important mode of therapy for both children and adults who manifested a range of nonstrabismic accommodative and vergence disorders. Methods: In this article, the […]

Stephanie Jainta*, Zoı¨Kapoula*IRIS laboratory CNRS – Assistance Publique Hoˆpitaux de Paris, Paris, FranceAbstractReading requires three-dimensional motor control: saccades bring the eyes from left to right, fixating word after word; andoblique saccades bring the eyes to the next line of the text. The angle of vergence of the two optic axes should be adjustedto the depth […]