Top 5 Vision Therapy Tools 4/2/2020
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TOP FIVE VISION THERAPY TOOLS Jennifer S. Simonson, OD, FCOVD Disclosure Statement: Consultant for g-Labs from 2013-2018 on development (no financial compensation)
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LEARN WHEN TO STICK WITH THE OLD STANDBYS AND WHEN TO MOVE FORWARD WITH MODERN ALTERNATIVES
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WORK MULTIPLE VISUAL SYSTEM PATHWAYS USING THE TOP 5 TOOLS OF TODAY
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WHAT ARE THE TOP 5 VISION THERAPY TOOLS?
A survey was sent to VTODs on Facebook (>2,600 members), Equipment distributors, and Vision Therapy course instructors
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FACILITY ROCK
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ACCOMMODATIVE AND VERGENCE FACILITY ARE CRUCIAL IN TESTING AND THERAPY BECAUSE THEY MIRROR DAILY ACTIVITIES OF LOOKING FROM DISTANCE TO NEAR AND THE OPPOSITE.
So much of our testing is static and smooth; Dr. Marc Taub facility activities are dynamic in nature.
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Set includes: 6 cards Vergence Prism Patch Red/Green Reading Sheet Glasses
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▸ Every exercise sheet includes 30 examples each of 2 acuity levels.
1) pre-school symbols
2) Landolt C’s (which test for recognition of direction)
3) Basic numbers (early school age)
4) 3 levels of words (school age)
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THERAPY CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED: ▸monocularly ▸binocularly ▸under conditions of anti-suppression
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Article by Dr. Marc Taub: http://optometrytimes.modernmedicine.com/optometrytimes/news/vision-therapy-10- more-tools-your-practice?page=0,2
BINOCULAR ACCOMMODATIVE12 ROCK “[THE PURPOSE OF BAR] IS TO GIVE YOU CONSTANT FEEDBACK AS TO WHETHER BOTH EYES ARE “TURNED ON” WHILE YOU ARE READING AND TO INCREASE THE SPEED OF YOUR ACCOMMODATIVE RESPONSE (FOCUSING MECHANISM) UNDER BINOCULAR CONDITIONS.” Optometric Extension Program (OEP) Description Reference: https://www.oepf.org/
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▸ The Facility Test Set provides a broad set of tools to accurately diagnose and provide therapy for accommodative and vergence abnormalities.
▸ The set comes with +/- 2.00 D and 12 base out/3 base in flippers for use in testing or therapy
EXPECTED LEVEL OF PERFORMANCE: 14 12 BO/3 BI GOALS
▸https://www.aaopt.org/detail /knowledge-base- article/vergence-facility- establishment-clinical- norms ▸NEAR: 15 cycles per minute ▸FAR: 12 cycles per minute
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+/-2.00 FLIPPERS ▸ Monocular
▸ Age 8-12: 7 cpm
▸ Over 12: 11 cpm
▸ Binocular with suppression control
▸ Age 8-12: 5 cpm
▸ Over 12: 10 cpm
▸ http://www.optometrysm eeting.org/documents/h andouts/2015/2110.pdf
TRANSPARENT TAPE AND A PAGE PROTECTOR 16 BUDGET VERSION ▸ 1/2 inch transparent tape in "red" and "green" colors (amazon)
▸ Page protector
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1) +/-2.00 D 2) LOOSE LENS TRAINING (-4, -5, -6 ETC.) 3) TRIAL LENS SORTING LENS TRAINING
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1) 12 BASE-OUT/3 BASE-IN 2) LOOSE PRISM TRAINING 3) YOKED PRISM GOGGLES PRISM TRAINING
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VECTOGRAMS (VECTOGRAPHS AND ANAGLYPHS)
VECTOGRAMS 20 3D IMAGES 1.Polaroid Vectograms and Vectographs 2.Red/Green Anaglyphs (TranaglyphsTM, Emergent) 3.Red/Cyan and Red/Blue (iPad or Computer) 4.Phantograms
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VECTOGRAMS 21 FUSIONAL RANGE BUILDING
1.Convergence 2.Divergence
RECORDING PERFORMANCE 22 FUSIONAL RANGE AND RECOVERY
▸ Range of clear vision
▸ Range of single vision
▸ Typically recorded as:
▸ BLUR / BREAK / RECOVERY
▸ Consider “point of effort or discomfort”
▸ And “recovery of comfort” or “recovery of clarity”
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VECTOGRAMS 23 VISUAL PERCEPTION OF SIZE AND DISTANCE 1.Float (spatial localization) 2.Stereopsis (awareness of small differences in depth perception)
VECTOGRAMS 24 VISUAL PERCEPTION OF SIZE AND DISTANCE 3. Types of Targets: ▸Contour (off-set line disparity) ▸Random Dot Stereopsis (local and global)
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STEREOSCOPE TRAINING
WOLFF STEREOSCOPE 26 BREWSTER TYPE
▸ These stereoscopes use Plus lenses – creating a focal demand equal to distance viewing (no accommodation)
▸ The lenses contain Base-Out Prism. This overlaps the target images so that no convergence is needed to fuse the images (no vergence)
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KEYSTONE 27
28 BERNELLOSCOPE
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G-LABS 29
‣ iPad Stereoscope
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STEREOSCOPE FOR IPAD 35
SENSORY FUSION DEVELOPMENT ▸Luster ▸Level 1: Simultaneous Perception ▸Level 2: Flat Fusion ▸Level 3: Stereopsis
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STEREOSCOPE FOR IPAD 43
VISUAL PROJECTION AND PHORIA POSITION ▸Van Orden Star (VO Star) ▸Cheiroscopic Tracing
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STEREOSCOPE FOR IPAD 46
CHEIROSCOPIC TRACING
Picture Tracing Record Images
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STEREOSCOPE FOR IPAD 47 TIPS FOR CHEIROSCOPIC TRACING EXERCISES ▸ Add a central fixation dot
▸ Add a peripheral fusion lock
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TIPS FOR CHEIROSCOPIC TRACING EXERCISES
▸ Color in the shapes (vs. tracing)
▸ Can the patient see the image and the stylus at the same time?
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STEREOSCOPE FOR IPAD 49
EYE ALIGNMENT AND FUSIONAL VERGENCE RANGES ▸Convergence ▸Divergence ▸Virtual Brock String ▸Smooth vergences ▸Step vergences
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PHANTOGRAMS
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MFBF GAME MONOCULAR FIXATION IN BINOCULAR FIELD MATCHING GAME
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ACCORDING TO DR. MARC TAUB:
▸ “This activity uses the concept of monocular fixation in a binocular field, or bi-ocular, as some refer to it.
▸ This means that both eyes consensually react to the stimulus, but only one eye at a time actually sees the given stimulus.
▸ This is an intermediate step in accommodative techniques between monocular and binocular therapies.”
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INSTRUCTIONS:
▸ Put on red/green glasses
▸ Place the tiles on top of their match
MFBF 54 ANAGLYPHIC THERAPY: ▸Using colored filters to provide different information to the right and left eye. ▸Red/Green Glasses ▸White tiles with red ink are viewed by the eye behind the green lens. ▸Red acetate with black ink is viewed by the eye behind the red lens.
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‣ This activity can be made more challenging with the addition of plus and minus lenses on opposite eyes stimulating the control and accuracy of accommodation.
I recommend changing the plus and minus lenses half way through the exercise.
MFBF 56 DICHOPTIC THERAPY ▸1) Stimulation of the amblyopic eye ▸vs. penalization of the sound eye ▸2) Elimination of inter-ocular suppression
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HOW TO MODIFY VISION THERAPY ACTIVITIES TO BE MFBF: 57 MFBF
▸ Perceptive, Carl’s or Sherman Cards:
▸ Sort out one color set.
▸ Acetate or plastic report cover:
▸ Place over material so that only one eye can see the detail
▸ Colored pencil or ink
▸ Only one eye can see the detail
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VIRTUAL REALITY
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1. VIVID VISION 2. OPTICS TRAINER VR 3. HOME VR VIRTUAL REALITY
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VIRTUAL REALITY 61 SETTINGS
1.Target size 2.Target speed 3.Contrast 4.Blur 5.Brightness
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VIRTUAL REALITY VISION TRAINING 65 OPTICS TRAINER VR ▸ 8 games designed to make visual and sensory training fun and immersive. Our VR training objectives include:
▸ Depth Perception ▸ Eye Hand Coordination
▸ Multiple Object Tracking ▸ Reaction Time ▸ Peripheral Vision ▸ Visual Memory ▸ Contrast Sensitivity
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1.VIRTUAL REALITY 2.MFBF GAME 3.STEREOSCOPE 4.VECTOGRAMS 5.FACILITY ROCK
68 1.Dichoptic therapy (different stimulus to each eye) 2.Lenses (accommodation training) 3.Prism (vergence training) 4.Sensory fusion (stereopsis and spatial localization) 5.Visual perception: Discrimination, memory, and identification
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Jennifer S. Simonson, OD, FCOVD E-mail: [email protected] www.bouldervt.com
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