Vision is More Than 20/20
Just what does 20/20 mean? It is a measurement standard to describe sharp, clear vision. The top number represents a twenty-foot distance, at which you should recognize a letter 1 degree high. The bottom number represents the distance an individual with clear eyesight can see the letter you see at twenty feet. The bigger the bottom number, the worse your eyesight is.
Just what does 20/20 mean? It is a measurement standard to describe sharp, clear vision. The top number represents a twenty-foot distance, at which you should recognize a letter 1 degree high. The bottom number represents the distance an individual with clear eyesight can see the letter you see at twenty feet. The bigger the bottom number, the worse your eyesight is.
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Most eye doctors practice as if clear vision of 20/20 eyesight is their end result. For our office, it is merely the starting point, as we have a broader understanding of your vision. It has to include meaning, perception, alignment, imagination, efficiency, comfort, recall, precision, memory, logic, speed, closure, directionality, balance, orientation, and localization. For our definition of vision, go to Home before you begin your journey. Thus, you can see that learning is dependent upon vision by a minimum of 80%. The docs who end with 20/20 eyesight may not discover the link vision plays in your child's learning ability.
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Unfortunately, this 20/20 misconception keeps kids away from needed vision therapy, which may be required to enhance their learning ability. It may even prevent the simple use of lens therapy to help the learning process while giving comfort. The picture on the right shows a child doing a vision therapy procedure to enhance her two-eyed vision.
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-Vision is a complex process that involves over 20 visual abilities and more than 65% of all the pathways to the brain. One in four children has an un-diagnosed vision problem which can interfere with learning and lead to academic and/or behavioral problems. However, it is important to know that these children frequently do not report symptoms because they think everyone sees the same way they do.
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Often, a child with a vision-based learning problem has excellent verbal skills, causing parents and educators to think the child must be lazy, have ADD/ADHD, or be learning disabled. The possible misdiagnosis can be due to similar symptoms of a vision processing disorder that are the same as those with AD/ADHD, but the causes are not the same.
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The solution can be as simple as learning lenses worn during school work or in conjunction with vision therapy. You can give us a call to see if your family's vision care needs to be looked at beyond 20/20 eyesight.