[AERNet] vision therapy research

[Knight, Timothy]

I local pediatric ophthalmologist in the Pittsburgh area presented for our TVI staff a few years ago and reported that vision therapy is recommended for only very select binocular disfunction vision issues.  She said that no more than 4 weeks of vision therapy should be required to treat any true vision disorders that this type of therapy is designed for.  We mentioned that some kids are seen for years and she said this was ridiculous.  



Tim Knight
TVI/O&M



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Sent: Tue 11/6/2007 4:56 PM
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Subject: [AERNet] vision therapy research
 
hello, all - the topic of vision therapy surfaces occasionally on our listserv. I do believe that I've always read that there is no quantitative data to prove that it works. I mentioned that concern to a local optometrist and he sent me 2 research studies that advocate for vision therapy as a proven intervention for convergence insufficiency and some of the other issues involving binocular vision and eye teaming. 

I'm going to attempt to attach these two files; I don't know if they will make it through the Aernet filter. If they do, I would appreciate your thoughts on this research. If they don't make it through, I will gladly forward them to anyone who wants to receive them if you send me your email address off list. 

Sheila
brltrans at verizon.net 

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