I was speaking with a wonderful woman yesterday, Ellie Altman, who works for Dr. Debby Feinberg as an educational liaison. She used the term visual chaos to describe how a child with ADHD and a binocular vision dysfunction, such as Vertical Heterophoria, may see. I thought visual chaos was a great term. The information is coming into the brain through a visual system that is not functioning properly. The information gets all mixed up, leading to chaos. 50% of children with ADHD have a vision problem which contributes to their reading and learning difficulty. Often, the vision problem is an eye misalignment so small that it is missed on a routine vision exam.
The neurovisual examination was developed to diagnose these very small misalignments, as well as other binocular vision disorders. This 90 minute examination utilizes many tests that are not part of a general eye exam. If a binocular vision problem is detected, prismatic lenses are used to realign the eyes. This leads quickly to a higher level of visual functioning, without lengthy expensive vision therapy. The visual chaos is gone!
If you or your child suffers from ADHD, please call my office or log onto my website to learn more about binocular vision dysfunction.
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