๐ Number Dot Card to improve Convergence functions, increase Accommodative Amplitude, & train Anti-Suppression - Home Vision Therapy Eye Exercises (B). [#convergenceinsufficiency #numberdotcard #visiontherapy #visualtraining] ๐WARNING - This instructional video is NOT a substitute for diagnosis, examination, and/or treatment by a licensed optometrist or vision therapist. It is NOT a substitute for vision training / therapy program. Before performing this exercise, you should have a comprehensive binocular vision exam to find any vision issues that you might have. Please consult with your optometrist or vision therapist before performing this exercise.
๐ What materials are needed and where can you get them?
• Number Dot Card
๐What is the purpose of this exercise, what binocular vision dysfunctions can be treated with this exercise, and what important visual skills will this exercise improve for you?
- Repeated accurate performance of this exercise can:
• Convergence - improve your ability to turn your eyes inward when changing focus from a distant object to a near object. People with Convergence Insufficiency have difficulty keeping their eyes aligned when they're doing near work.
• Central & Peripheral Anti-Suppression - improve your brain's ability to pay attention to both of your eyes simultaneously at all times in your central and peripheral visual field and eliminate any tendencies you have to see with only one eye for brief or prolonged times. Central & Peripheral Suppression is an adaptation by the brain that eliminates perception of the central or peripheral vision. For example, when a person has a misalignment of the eyes, the brain chooses to suppress the vision of one eye for the person not to see double.
• Accommodative Amplitude (Engaging Accommodation) - strengthen the focusing ability of your eyes so you can read up close botter or work on the computer for a longer period of time. Accommodative Insufficiency is a type of an Accommodative Dysfunction.
๐What category of vision therapy exercise is this and how can it be modified?
• MFBF (Monocular Fixation in a Binocular Field) - Category of vision therapy exercises where one eye fixates on a central field of vision while the other eye pays attention to the peripheral field of vision. Red-Green glasses along with Red and Green Acetate Overlays can be used to train both eyes.
• Monocular - Category of vision therapy exercises where procedures are done with one eye patched or covered. Red-Green glasses will not be needed for this exercise. Simply cover one eye and follow the instructions.
• Bi-Ocular - Category of vision therapy exercises where procedures are done with both eyes open. Each eye simultaneously sees a target under un-fused situation and the focus is alternately shifted between the targets. Vertical prism or Septum can be used to train both eyes.
๐ Binocular - Category of vision therapy exercises where procedures are done with both eyes open. Red-Green glasses or Red-Blue glasses as well as Red and Green Acetate Overlays are needed for this exercise. Simply, perform the procedures with both eyes open.
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๐Vision Therapy Eye Exercise Instructional Videos are meant to help you (our patients that have previously undergone a Comprehensive Binocular Vision Evaluation) better understand the directions for each of your prescribed personalized Vision Therapy exercises that you need to perform each day. The purpose of these exercises are to train your eyes and your brain to better the visual skills that you need in your day to day activities.
๐Vision Therapy is a personalized progressive program of hundreds of vision exercises that can last several months or years, and is performed under the direct supervision of an Optometrist or a Vision Therapist. This exercise is ONE of the many eye exercises we do with our patients during vision therapy.
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