Vision Therapy in Winnipeg

Vision therapy generally includes a series of in-office sessions that range from 30 minutes to an hour. Sessions may take place once or twice a week and sometimes include homework. Optometrists are always present during sessions and may use the following tools:

• Balance boards
• Timed electronic targets
• Therapeutic lenses
• Occluders or eyepatches
• Prisms and filters

Vision therapy cannot increase your visual acuity (or sharpness). However, it can greatly improve several visual skills, such as tracking moving objects or interpreting visual information. As a result, patients who undergo vision therapy may experience the following improvements:

• Increased comfort while performing visual tasks (such as reading)
• Increased ease when performing vision-based activities
• Greater efficiency processing visual information

long as a person has eyesight. Vision therapy may also be particularly useful for children who struggle with their visual skills. However, it can be difficult to recognize that a child needs vision therapy without professional assistance.

An estimated 10% of all children have vision problems that inhibit their learning abilities in school, but school vision screenings are often insufficient to detect these challenges. Children’s eye exams with a qualified optometrist can identify problems that these screenings miss, after which vision therapy may be recommended.