Vision & Learning Assessment
Vision goes beyond 20/20. In order to have clear and comfortable vision, we must simultaneously perform several difficult tasks. We must be able to move our eyes in a perfectly synchronized way towards our target, then adjust our focusing system on the target, all while moving our bodies or completing a task (ie. reading). If any component of this system is not performing optimally, these symptoms may be reported:
- Double Vision
- Intermittent blur
- Eye strain or fatigue with prolonged visual activities
- Crossed (strabismus) or lazy eye (amblyopia)
- Difficulty reading or performing below potential
- Headaches
- Movement of text on paper
- Dizziness or vertigo
- Reading below potential
When these troubles are encountered in school, we often refer to this as a learning-related visual dysfunction. Components of visual perception are also tested and trained.
Concussion/ABI Consultation
Injuries such as a head trauma, concussion, or stroke all have the potential to disrupt the normal function of our visual system. There are at least 32 separate visual processing areas in the brain, which make it extremely vulnerable to damage. Visual skills that were once seemingly natural become uncomfortable resulting in any of these symptoms:
- Vertigo
- Motion sickness
- Double vision
- Light sensitivity
- Loss of place when reading
- Inability to work at a computer screen
- Eye strain or fatigue
- Headaches
- Loss of spatial awareness (bumping into things)
- Reduced focus or visual memory
Vision therapy works to rebuild damaged neural connections through carefully planned visual activities carried out under professional supervision.
For more information on concussions and vision, visit https://concussionproject.com/