“Are contact lenses appropriate, or even safe, for my child to wear?” Many parents ask me those questions. Our practice, Hellerstein & Brenner Vision Center PC, has been successfully fitting contact lenses on children, even as young as 1 years old. When the kids as this young, it is usually for a very specific […]
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Wii Technology Helps Brain Injuries
Neuroplasticity research shows that brain cells can sprout new neurons after brain injury-even with adults. Vision rehabilitation, provided by optometrists trained in Vision Therapy, have been successfully treating the visual consequences after brain injury. Visual symptoms include: Difficulty with reading, blurred vision, double vision, visual spatial and balance difficulties, poor eye-hand coordination, decreased visual memory. […]
New "Discovery" Treating Vision Problems In Patients with TBI
Dr. Dom Maino reviews an interesting article about how ophthalmology has suddenly “discovered” how important treating binocular dysfunction (difficulties in eye coordination) is with patient suffering from traumatic brain injury. Optometrists has been researching, treating and successfully helping patients with these vision problems for many years. I personally published 3 articles on vision therapy treatment […]
3-D TV Won't Permanently Impair Vision
Looks like the TV makers have accepted that approximately 20% of the population may have discomfort or difficulty watching 3-D TV and movies. “The TV maker warns that 3-D could cause lightheadedness, nausea, dizziness, twitching or even convulsions, especially in epileptics. Samsung cautions parents to supervise children closely, because they could be more susceptible […]
Learning & the Brain Research-Join Me
Many of you have requested information regarding the Learning & the Brain Conference that I attended in Feb. 2010 in San Francisco. This is a national interdisciplinary scientific and education conference that attempts to bring together some of the latest research on education. Next year’s conference is in Cambridge, MA Nov 19-21. Bottom line, when one of […]
Vision Disorder Makes 3-D Vision Fall Flat-WSJ
From the Wall Street Journal By Jennifer Valentino-DeVries Hollywood studios and TV manufacturers are banking on 3-D to be the next big thing in entertainment. But for people with certain eye problems, the idea of a 3-D movie isn’t much fun at all. Between three million and nine million people in the U.S. have vision […]
Millions of Americans Unable to see in 3-D
More movies are being made in 3-D–Avatar, Alice in Wonderland… According to the American Optometric Association (AOA), from 3-9 MILLION people have problems with binocular vision prohibiting them from watching 3-D TV and movies. Check out some great 3-D pictures and video about 3-D vision. Click Here ESPN & Discovery Channel are preparing to broadcast […]
NY Times VISION THERAPY Story Update
COVD (College of Optometrists in Vision Development) has a webpage of comments and resources regarding the NY Times article on vision therapy. Click here to see the reference or go to COVD for more information
OT Collaboration
Sensory Processing Disorder Foundation presents the10th International Symposium and Pre-Conference Institute. Thanks to Dr. Lucy Miller, Founder and Executive Director Sensory Processing Disorder Foundation and STAR Center and author of Sensational Kids: Hope and Help for Children With Sensory Processing Disorder, I had the distinct honor to present on the importance of vision in the total […]
Want to Empower Your Students?
At the Learning & Brain Conference I had the opportunity to listen to a number of insightful speakers. Here’s information on one of them, Dr. Judy Willis. Read neurologist & teacher, Dr. Judy Willis’, new article, “How to Teach Students About the “Brain.” December 2009/January 2010 | Volume 67 | Number 4 .Health and Learning “I guide […]