Anyone know about Binocular Vision Dysfunction

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My 10 year old daughter is being tested for Binocular Vision Dysfunction. Although her eye sight is 20/20. We've tried dyslexia programs for three years without any real gain in her reading ablities. From what we have read about it, this may be what we're looking for.

Anyone have any first hand knowlwdge?

Moneyguy1 · 06-12-2006, 07:07 PM

Is this a form of ambliopia? (lazy eye; the eyes track independently)

Willem Fick · 06-12-2006, 11:48 PM

My cousin's son was diagnosed as dyslexic, only for them to recently find he suffered from BVD. He now wears corrective glasses, goes for regular eye training, and is a different kid completely. Whereas he always suffered at school, his grades have also improved markedly.

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Originally posted by Moneyguy1
Is this a form of ambliopia? (lazy eye; the eyes track independently)

No, this is very simply, when the eyes see fine but the info is not processed properly.

Eric P · 06-13-2006, 07:15 AM

So, a visual processing dysfunction? Not visual-muscular.

You have a whole SYSTEM that has to work together to "see" something. "Conduction" comes first, basically that your neurons respond to incoming light and the lenses, etc. in your eye focus that light successfully (your daughter can do that). Then that info gets transferrred through neurons and projected onto parts of the brain (there COULD be a problem at this level). Then the brain gets to process/interpret what it receives. There could be a problem there as well.

Binocular usually refers to the eyes working together but it also can refer to the "system" working in concert successfully. What do you want to know?

Make sure you have a good specialist doing the eval and consider having a second opinion (even if you feel the first is correct). Therapy may be warranted but you'll get a range of opinions on that from: it is voodoo to, it is The Answer.

Eric P · 06-13-2006, 07:18 AM

BTW, "dyslexia" programs often miss the boat if they aren't based in sound cognitive theory and backed up by good diagnostic assessment (by psychs, optometrists, speech/language therapists, etc.)

Hence Willem's experience...