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Most everyone knows how important good vision is to navigating everyday life, from reading, to driving, to enjoying walks in nature. What’s not as well-known is the critical role vision plays in creating memories, forming perceptions, thinking, and even balance and coordination.

For children struggling with vision-based learning problems, vision therapy can work wonders at helping them improve their classroom performance. But did you know that adults can benefit from vision therapy, too? 

Our eyes do so much more than see far-away scenes and close up-objects. The eyes work along with the brain to receive and process incoming light and images into the things we see. They work as a team, converting two separate pictures into one image. This process is called binocular vision. 

A concussion is a type of traumatic brain injury that interferes with communication processes in the brain. It’s not uncommon for someone to experience a concussion after a car accident, a fall, or even from playing contact sports. 

Autism spectrum disorder can take a tremendous toll on children, adults, and their caretakers as well. People affected by autism have difficulty interacting with others and are prone to experiencing distress in busy, loud, or bright environments.

Lazy eye, a condition in which one eye lacks full visual acuity, affects up to five percent of all adults. Depth perception may also be undeveloped for lazy eye sufferers. Once only treatable in children, advances in optical technology have developed treatments for adults affected by lazy eye. 

It may come as a surprise to hear that up to 80 percent of everything your child learns in the classroom comes through visual presentation. Needless to say, any type of vision-related problem can greatly affect your child’s academic potential. 

Are you an avid computer or mobile phone user? Who isn’t nowadays? These wonders of technology connect us like we’ve never been connected before. Unfortunately, spending so much time looking at a screen can take a toll on your eyes.

Recovering from a stroke can be a long and arduous process, especially when needed treatment interventions are lacking. Unfortunately, a treatment plan that focuses solely on physical and occupational rehabilitation doesn’t address the breakdown in communication that occurs between your brain and your vision. 

Does your child have problems with reading in school? Does he have difficulty comprehending not only text-based materials but also other subjects, like math?  Vision tracking deficiencies can have a wide range of effects on a child’s ability to process information and keep up in the classroom. In this post, a Washington, DC optometrist discusses Vision tracking deficiencies and how vision therapy treatments can help.