Adults who suffer from amblyopia/lazy eye... Effective treatment is available now

Amblyopia treatment for adults is a problem with vision and affects kids as well as adults. This loss of visual development usually with one eye starts in childhood. It can lead to the loss of sight as well as insufficient and no sense of depth as well as other issues like low eye-hand coordination as well as reduced reading speed and fluency.

The root cause of Amblyopia is well-known by decades of study to be due to a lack of the binocular eye (both eyes working in conjunction) which is also called Suppression that starts in the early toddlerhood or in the infant years usually because of the condition known as strabismus (crossed or turned eyes) or Strabismic Amblyopia and/or refractive balance or refractive imbalance, also commonly referred to as Refractive Amblyopia or the loss of vision caused by cataracts that are congenital. However, whatever the reason, Amblyopia affects the lives of all those affected regardless of age.

The reason behind the concentration of attention on children historically is due to the fact that the most common treatment for Amblyopia, which is occlusion treatment (patching) was found to be effective from about age 10 years old. This is evident in the event you look at clinical trials which evaluate the effectiveness of occlusion for treatment. What new research has shown is that age does not constitute an obstacle to treatment for Amblyopia if the patient or adult taking part in eye-catching methods that are stimulating and designed to lessen the inhibition as well as "turn off" the functions for both eyes to work in tandem. This technique of bringing both eyes working together is called binocular vision therapy.

Although occlusion therapy can cause many negative side effects, it is often prescribed due to the amount of research conducted in clinical settings shows that improvement in visual acuity during the early years of childhood. What are the effects of patching suppression? Does treating the issue of diminished vision because of the cause of amblyopia with "attacking" suppression of binocular vision therapy models perform better than patching regardless of the patient's age?

• The researchers conducted a clinical trial to examine the following issues:
• The impact of the occlusion treatment on patients' visual ability
• The impact of the occlusion treatment on patients" suppression
• The connection between changes in visual clarity and suppression.

What they concluded is that the results are in line with studies that have studied the visual acuity of patients and Occlusion therapy. Around 50 percent of patients saw improvements in their visual acuity after the use of occlusion therapy. However, they also found that in patients who improved their visual acuity following treatment with occlusion, the issue of suppression didn't change substantially. Thus, people who received the occlusion treatment still experienced an issue with binocular vision.

The authors added, "The concept that monocular Occlusion Therapy and Binocular Therapy could have different neural pathways is in keeping with distinct differences in the results of these two approaches to treatment."

You may be wondering what all it has to do with people who suffer from Amblyopia. This answer is located on page 8 of their report. The authors go on to draw from their own research as well as that of several other studies that cited, five main conclusions:

• Occlusion therapy works only for children but is not as effective on adults. However binocular vision therapy has been proven to be effective for adults as well as children, with the same effectiveness.
• Better results for binocular vision are possible through treatment for binocular vision rather as opposed to occlusion.
• The duration of treatment is three times longer when using binocular visual therapy over Occlusion.
• Amblyopia's recurrence rate is high when occlusion is present but is lower with binocular vision treatment.
• Children who did not improve their visual acuity following Occlusion therapy showed improvements in their visual acuity following the binocular vision therapy.

Based on how binocular therapy was demonstrated in studies that it is more successful in addressing the root of amblyopia which is suppression as opposed to occlusion therapy, and considering that binocular vision therapy is successful for children and adults with comparable effectiveness, and it is three times more efficient than the occlusion therapy, what can we expect if we consider the quality of the binocular therapy is improved to an extremely stimulating visually stimulating and enjoyable experience?

The topic is extensively discussed in our chapter, which was published on August 3, 2018 volume, in Issue 1, Advances in Ophthalmology and Optometry entitled Visual Therapy as well as Virtual Reality Applications, Tran where we provide the most current advancements in technology that connect the latest research in neuroplasticity and neuroscience. This new frontier in therapeutic applications that are highly motivating binocular vision therapy that is patient-centered will provide the next generation, and even adults, effective treatment of amblyopia by using appropriately scheduled and monitored Virtual reality (VR) for vision therapy.

Presently, we are bringing this technology into applications that can be used in real life, for the past five years, we've provided an office-based vision therapy using Vivid Visual Virtual Reality a key component for adult patients who require amblyopia. The results have been excellent. Patients have seen significantly improved depth perception and vision clarity.

In addition, in the last two years, we've offered home Vivid VR as an innovative element to our home vision therapy routine that is used alongside our vision therapist and doctor-guided vision therapy sessions in the office. The home units allow patients are able to use their VR devices wherever they are connected to WiFi, where they can switch to our office computer and work with the same VR software, just as if they were at our office.

The benefits of this innovative technology in the field of rehabilitation for vision and vision therapy have allowed adult patients just as young children and adults, to get the most effective treatment for their Amblyopia.