Eye Teaming

EYE TEAMING

We have two eyes and for us to experience comfortable, efficient use of our two eyes, they must first co- ordinate the eye aiming muscles. We need to know “where” to look before we can pay attention to the fine detail.

Converging for near tasks and releasing back to straight ahead for distance happens hundreds if not thousands of times a day and must be done with extreme precision. Our perception of distance and space is critical for this and can and both small spectacle support lenses or prisms and vision therapy can be used to improve eye aiming ability if required.

HOW WE WORK WITH YOUNGSTERS

VISION THERAPY

Vision therapy is like going on a guided tour of the amazing world of vision. The vision therapist uses age appropriate, enjoyable tasks to demonstrate and improve specific areas of visual function.

VISION CHECKLIST

Numerous studies have shown that early intervention testing your child's vision can help to remedy a range of vision problems before they impact on your child's ability to learn.

VISION & READING

Many people do not realise that it is possible to have excellent 20/20 sight but actually be living with a visual processing issue.

EYE TEAMING

We have two eyes and for us to experience comfortable, efficient use of our two eyes, they must first co- ordinate the eye aiming muscles

EYE TRACKING

Eye Movements can be either pursuit (smooth) or saccades (fast). Both are important, but accurate fast eye movements are particularly important in reading.

EYE FOCUSSING & VISUAL PERCEPTION

Eye focusing involves the accommodation muscles of the eye. These muscles exert pressure on the internal lens which for the first 40 or so years