The Importance of Binocular Vision Therapy in Treating Amblyopia
Amblyopia or lazy eye is a low visual impairment syndrome that is a cause for concern in many parents, especially those with toddlers. Amblyopia occurs when there is inadequate stimulation of one of the eyes during the critical period of its development, leading to suppression of vision in that eye, usually first detected in early childhood. In this regard, most recently developed methods of amblyopia therapy have focused on binocular amblyopia treatment in the case when this peculiar feature of development has already been overcome. In this blog post, we will emphasize why it is crucial to treat the condition more than just monocularly and explain why this treatment is a revolution in the measures taken to binocular amblyopia treatment and improve vision in its patients. Understanding Binocular Vision and its Role in Amblyopia The capability of associating the two eyes together to achieve depth perception and visualize objects in their volume is known as binocular vision. It i...