Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Specially-Designed Video Game Effectively Treats Lazy Eye In Adults

Video Game Treatment For Lazy Eye Restores 3D Vision by Emily Chung.  CDC News.  April 23, 2013.

Lazy eye, amblyopia, has been thought to be all but untreatable in adults.  To develop a new approach, researchers created video games that can only be played with both eyes.  As a result, the strong eye could not suppress the communication of the weak eye and  the brain.  This suppressed communication is thought to be  the cause of lazy eye.

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