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Children’s Vision. Examination and treatment of problems of focusing and eye coordination in children which can affect their ability to use their eyes for reading and schoolwork, causing behaviours such as reduced concentration and comprehension, impaired reading fluency and accuracy, difficulty copying from the board, and reduced desire or even avoidance of reading. Read more about Kids Vision.
Developmental vision assessment of visual abilities such as tracking eye movements, shape perception and memory, laterality and directionality, eye-hand skills, and visual-auditory integration abilities. If some of these abilities are not as well developed as expected for a child’s age, he or she may have significant difficulty learning to read and achieving to potential. These skills can be measured against age expected levels, and if indicated can be improved with vision therapy. Read more about Kids Learning Problems.
Strabismus Strabismus is a loss of normal alignment of the two eyes, so that an eye may turn in (esotropia) or turn out (exotropia). This may occur occasionally (intermittent), especially when a child or adult is tired, or be constant. It may occur before six months of age, or in the toddler years, or sometimes later in childhood. If an eye turns in or out constantly, the brain gradually turns it off so that the eye becomes lazy (Amblyopia). Management involves careful assessment, because these conditions have many variations, and treatment may include glasses, contact lenses and eye exercises.
Lazy Eye (Amblyopia) or lazy eye, usually occurs because of an eye turn, or a large difference in focus of the two eyes. Since the brain cannot cope with the double vision or blurred vision, one eye is gradually turned off to some degree. Treatment starts with comprehensive testing, possibly glasses or contact lenses, and exercises combined with short periods of patching of an eye. It is important to develop the focusing and movement abilities of each eye, to make them more equal and able to work as a team. Contrary to common belief, it is never too late to treat a lazy eye!
Head injury and stroke Injuries to the brain from a stroke or head injury frequently cause many visual problems, including blurred vision, double vision, or loss of parts of vision. These problems can seriously interfere with performing activities of daily living such as walking, eating, reading and driving, and can also interfere with the effectiveness of rehabilitation care such as occupational therapy, physiotherapy, and speech therapy. The optometrists at Eyes on Oxford have extensive experience in testing and treatment of these problems, to help people with acquired brain injury to recover and function as well as possible. We work very closely with other rehabilitation services, as well as Driver Assessment units. More about Head Injury and Stroke.
Neurological problems Conditions such as Parkinson’s disease, Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, multiple sclerosis, myasthenia gravis, and thyroid dysfunction, all have significant visual and possible eye health consequences. It is important that these are identified and treated as well as possible to maximise quality of life and recovery. More about Neurological Problems.
Sports vision Vision problems can interfere with your ability to perform to your potential in any sport at any level, whether it be playing at a professional level or just enjoying a social game of tennis or golf with friends. Both Liz Wason and Steve Leslie have years of experience dealing with vision issues in sports as diverse as clay target and pistol shooting, golf, tennis, hockey, basketball and cricket.
Special needs Children and adults with issues such as cerebral palsy, Down’s syndrome, and Fragile X syndrome frequently have eye problems which interfere with the person’s ability to achieve to their potential. In our experience many of these problems are not picked up or treated as well as they could be, either because examination is not straightforward, or under the assumption that the vision problem is not worth treating when a person has significant special needs. We do not agree! More about Special Needs.
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Specialised Services