Vision therapy: information for health care and other allied professionals. American Academy of Optometry and the American Optometric Association.

Vision therapy. Information for health care and other allied professionals. A Joint Organizational Policy Statement of the American Academy of Optometry and the American Optometric Association.

Vision therapy is prescribed to treat diagnosed conditions of the visual system. Effective therapy requires visual skills to be developed until they are integrated with other systems and become automatic, enabling individuals to achieve their full potential. The goals of a prescribed vision therapy treatment regimen are to achieve desired visual outcomes, alleviate the signs and symptoms, meet ...

Vision, learning and dyslexia. A joint organizational policy statement of the American Academy of Optometry and the American Optometric Association.

1. Vision problems can and often do interfere with learning. 2. People at risk for learning-related vision problems should be evaluated by an optometrist who provides diagnostic and management services in this area. 3. The goal of optometric intervention is to improve visual function and alleviate associated signs and symptoms. 4. Prompt remediation of learning-related vision problems enhances ...

History of optometry.

A survey of treatment modalities for convergence insufficiency.

BACKGROUND Convergence insufficiency (CI) is a common and distinct binocular vision disorder. However, there is a lack of consensus regarding the treatment most appropriate for Cl. Possible treatment modalities include base-in prism, pencil pushup therapy (PPT), reading glasses, home-based vision therapy/orthoptics (HBVT), and office-based vision therapy/orthoptics (OBVT). The purpose of this s...

The proximity-fixation-disparity curve and the preferred viewing distance at a visual display as an indicator of near vision fatigue.

PURPOSE This laboratory study investigates the relation between measures of fixation disparity (FD) (and other optometric measures) and near vision fatigue at a computer workstation. METHODS Young adult subjects with normal binocular vision performed three blocks of a visual task of 30 min each. In Block A, the viewing distance was 100 cm, as a reference without near vision. In Block B, the v...