Muscle Signals Build Perception Why does vision therapy work on body movement so much? Recent research from the University of Rochester vision specialists provides support for a concept that has been present in our field of functional optometry...
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Alexandra Luevano needed glasses. Optometrist Gregory Johnson, a nondenominational Christian who works at Virginia Vision Therapy, was looking for ways he could volunteer. When Johnson learned that Luevano, his new patient, was the program...
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Head Injury With Loss Of Consciousness Tied To Higher Prevalence Of Disability Later In Life, Study Indicates Healio (5/26, Marabito) reported researchers found in a cross-sectional analysis that “history of a head injury with loss of...
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How Children Read Differently From Books vs. Screens Scrolling may work for social media, but experts say that for school assignments, kids learn better if they slow down their reading. By Perri Klass, M.D. March 16, 2021 In this pandemic year...
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If VT Worked, Don’t You Think We’d Do It? BY LEONARD J. PRESS, O.D., FAAO, FCOVD JANUARY 7, 2016 There has been a steady attrition in opposition to optometric vision therapy. Perhaps it isbecause our field continually advances itself...
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Interview with Debbie Walhof, M.D. on Vision & Learning In 2013, along with the pediatrician Dr. Debra Walhof, I co-authored an article titled: Could Vision Issues Be Contributing to Your Child’s Difficulty With Learning? At the time...
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To teach parents about the importance of managing myopia in children, the Global Myopia Awareness Coalition is turning to an influential group: parenting and gaming influencers. The new initiative, dubbed #GameOverMyopia, enlists parenting and...
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Michael Neustifter, Neuro-Optometric Rehabilitation, and a Path to Major League Baseball Adapted from Sports Illustrated, originally titled “The Lost-and-Found Story of Michael Neustifter “ by Tom Verducci and published April 30, 2020 Sometime...
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Understanding Your Eyeglass Prescription Have you ever tried to decipher your eyeglass prescription? Although the numbers and abbreviations written on the script may be meaningless to you, your prescription provides valuable information...
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Walmart Announces Nationwide Rollout of ScripTalk Service Walmart has officially announced the nationwide rollout of ScripTalk audible prescription labels as a free service for their low vision, blind and print impaired pharmacy customers. This...
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It is of the utmost importance, when a child exhibits signs of difficulty in reading and cognitive skills, as with dyslexia, to have a thorough evaluation done. Perfect 20/20 vision does not tell the whole story. Nor does a regular physical exam...
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September 27 @ 2:00 pm – 7:00 pm Come see us at Worlds of Work Expo on September 27th, 2019 from 2:00 P.M. – 7:00 P.M. About the event: Over a two day period, WoW! hosts nearly 3,000 seventh grade students from the region. More than...
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