According to American Optometric Association (AOA)’s definition, Amblyopia, also referred to by the public as “lazy eye”, is a unilateral or infrequently bilateral condition in which the best corrected visual acuity is poorer than 20/20 in the absence of any obvious structural anomalies or ocular disease.

Patient with amblyopia not only has reduced visual acuity in one eye (both eye in some cases) but also has deficit in other visual skills in both eyes. Amblyopia is actually a vision problem involved in both eyes.

• Increased sensitivity to contour interaction effects.

• Abnormal spatial distortions and uncertainty

• Unsteady and inaccurate monocular fixation

• Poor eye tracking ability

• Reduced contrast sensitivity

• Inaccurate accommodative response.

Amblyopia only develops in children up to the age of 6-8 years.  

In our office, we treat amblyopia with no or minimal patching. We use binocular vision training approach to train brain to work with both eyes.

No more patching for amblyopia. And amblyopia can be treated at any age. There is NO critical period for treating amblyopia.

For more information, please refer the following resources:

https://visionhelp.com/amblyopia/

https://www.aoa.org/AOA/Documents/Practice%20Management/Clinical%20Guidelines/Consensus-based%20guidelines/Care%20of%20Patient%20with%20Amblyopia.pdf

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