THE WORLD OF VISION therapy has broadened its horizons in recent years, making a difference for pediatric patients, older adults recovering from vision-related injuries or surgeries, athletes, and the practices that care for them. Research in this space includes the use of virtual reality (VR) as a means for addressing myopia, presbyopia, amblyopia, and more, according to a recent article in Frontiers in Public Health. Innovations in software, wearables, and AI-based treatments have reached new heights in recent years — and even recent months.
Vision Therapy Pro
An advanced telehealth platform designed to transform vision therapy delivery, Vision Therapy Pro enables practices to offer comprehensive clinic-quality therapy remotely. Its more than 90 gamified therapy activities address struggles with convergence insufficiency, digital eye strain, and other binocular vision disorders. Use it to create personalized therapy plans, monitor patient progress, and customize treatments.
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Curesight
Designed for remote binocular vision treatment in pediatric amblyopia patients between four and nine, CureSight, which allows for remote binocular vision treatment, uses technology based on embedded eye-tracking sensors and novel image processing algorithms that run in real time. A randomized, controlled study revealed it to be superior to patching.
(917) 677-0276, nova-sight.com
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Curesee
Introduced on Shark Tank, the AI-based vision therapy software CureSee offers automatic monitoring for amblyopia patients of all ages and can be used both online and offline, with Gabor patch exercises to improve contrast sensitivity.
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Revitalvision
A proprietary vision software program that enhances the brain’s visual processing, FDA-approved RevitalVision can improve vision for amblyopia patients as young as nine. It can also improve vision for presbyopia, sports vision, post cataract surgery, low myopia, low vision, and after LASIK.
(800) 361-8218, revitalvision.com
VTS 4
The VTS 4, also called the HoloLens Computer Orthoptics Holographic Vergence Exercise System, leads patients through exercises including smooth vergence, rotations, jump ductions, multiple-choice vergence, and more, which can be incorporated into a plan for eye-muscle exercises. The device takes automatic measurements including phoria, fusional ranges, pursuits, and more.
(800) 346-4925, htsvision.com
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Eric Chow OD, FAAO, FOVDRA Miami Vision Therapy, Pinecrest, FL
While in-office therapy remains the gold standard, dichoptic technologies offer an effective adjunctive approach, providing accessibility and convenience for patients who may struggle with traditional treatment methods. CureSight has been a valuable adjunct for treating amblyopia, particularly in children who struggle with accessing in-office vision therapy. CureSight has been a fun and valuable addition to my treatment toolkit! It offers a new and innovative approach that patients and parents appreciate.
Jordan Dau, ODDau Family Eye Care, Saint Johns, FL
As doctors, we all [want to] help every patient we see. However, we all have patients where we have had to settle for “good enough.” These patients have blur causes ranging from adult amblyopia, keratoconus, multifocal IOLs that “can’t see” yet are 20/20 in-office, and even early presbyopes who can’t handle their “perfect eyes” needing reading glasses. These are the patients where I go home wishing I could do more. Now with RevitalVision, we are improving the lives of patients to whom we used to say, “There is nothing more to do.” Now, we can do more.
