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Prisms play a valuable role in the success of Vision Therapy.  Since prisms are considered to be a medical device, their use should always be monitored and guided by a Developmental Optometrist, or other qualified eye doctor. Prisms can be used in a variety of ways to enhance our Vision Therapy patient’s experience.  Monocular prism jumps, which are accomplished by

Considering the physiological connection between accommodation and vergence, both plus and minus lenses can be used to strengthen accommodative vergence and fusional vergence, as well as increase the overall flexibility between the two systems. Plus lenses decrease the amount of accommodative demand (relax accommodation), thereby asking the patient to stimulate fusional convergence to maintain a clear and single image. Conversely,

Eye movements can be broken down into three of the following areas: fixations, pursuits, and saccades. Fixations, also known as a zero pursuit (or a pursuit standing still), are defined as the process, condition, or act of directing the eyes toward an object of regard, causing the object to be centered on the fovea.  Both pursuits and saccades depend on