Written by Carl Garbus, O.D., a member of the AOA’s Vision Rehabilitation Committee. Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality throughout the world. Mild TBI (mTBI), which is typically defined by Glasgow Coma Scale score ≥ 13, accounts for the vast majority of all TBIs, particularly in the setting of sports-related injuries. There are […]
131 Vision Friendly, Age-appropriate Toys
Dr. Kelly Knueppel has been gracious enough to share with us a plethora of great ideas for gifts this holiday season. Please follow the link below where the American Optometric Association has featured her list of games you can use to build you/your child’s visual ability while having fun at the same time. View here […]
Congratulations to the Docs at Heartland!
Nebraska Optometric Association Honors Heartland Eye Consultants Doctors for Serving Our Profession At the recent Nebraska Optometric Association Fall Convention in Kearney, Dr. Will Ferguson, Dr. Holly Ternus, and Dr. Marie Bolin were all recognized for their service to the profession. Dr. Will Ferguson was presented the Dr. Charles Seeger “Young OD of the Year” […]
A Potential Breakthrough in Concussion Diagnosis
Not all mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBIs) are concussions, but all concussions are mTBIs. This statement is made with confidence. The ability to diagnose a concussion can leave practitioners with less confidence. This is because current technology doesn’t allow doctors to see the micro-damage (stretching and sheering) of brain tissue involved. Often things such as […]
Video Information/Testimonials From Around the World
Click on the link below to watch various people, from various practices, from all different places benefitting from vision therapy services! Vision Therapy Videos Vision Therapy and Visual Rehabilitation — as practiced by optometrists — is an effective non-surgical treatment for vision problems related to many conditions, such as vision-related learning disabilities, ADHD, dyslexia, amblyopia […]
Joint Call to Action For Patients and Providers!!
The College of Optometrists in Vision Development (COVD) and the Neuro Optometric Rehabilitation AssociationTM (NORA) have issued a joint statement to increase the awareness of the prevalence of visual dysfunctions noted after suffering a traumatic brain injury (TBI). You can find a link to the article here. The statement emphasizes the need for interdisciplinary collaboration […]
Lazy Eyes or Lazy Brain? Strabmisus (Eye Turn)
Eye Turn (Strabismus) Strabismus is the condition in which a person is unable to align both eyes. When both eyes do not point at an object at the same time, it results in the appearance of one eye turning in, out, up, down. This eye turning may be: constant (one eye turns all the time) […]
Lazy Eyes or Lazy Brain?
“Lazy Eye” is an often misunderstood condition. The term itself leads to the idea that there is something wrong with the actual eyeball. People think “It can’t see well or it can’t move with the other eye, it must be lazy then!”. However, eye muscles are 60x stronger than necessary. Unless there is another condition […]
A 2016 Gift Buying Guide for Blind and Visually Impaired Children:
Children with visual impairments or blindness can be challenging to shop for, one must think about toys in a different way. Here we have a number of links to sites to highlight a number of gift ideas for visually impaired or blind children. We have pulled a few of our favorites. For Babies: Lamaze Octotunes […]
Olympic Ace William Fox-Pitt Tells How Vision Therapy Helped Him Keep his Eyes on the Prize
Vision is a human’s best sense for anticipation (the same is true for a horse). For this Olympian, he and his horse need to know when to jump and how high to jump. A feat not likely to be as successful with their eyes closed. It was extremely important for William Fox-Pitt to retrain his […]
