Eye Teaming
To perceive the world around you clearly, your two eyes need to work together in perfect unison. When your eyes don’t function as a team, the images you see may be confusing.
Symptoms of eye teaming problems may include:
- Blurred or double vision
- Tired or uncomfortable eyes
- Difficulty reading
- Eye squinting or rubbing
- Headaches
- Difficulty concentrating
- Poor depth perception
- Poor sports performance
Eye Tracking
Eye tracking involves the smooth and effortless movements of the eyes. Efficient eye tracking helps us to scan our environment and quickly gauge where we are as well as move our eyes smoothly across the page when reading.
Individuals with an eye tracking problem may:
- Often skip lines when reading
- Easily lose their place while reading
- Omit or substitute words
- Have poor eye-hand coordination
- Find it difficult to spell words correctly
Focusing
Every time our eyes shift their gaze from one object to another, they accommodate their focusing power so that each object appears crisp and clear. Focusing problems arise when the ciliary muscle—the muscle responsible for accommodating focus—can’t easily relax, tighten or maintain its position.
Symptoms of focusing problems may include:
- Holding objects near objects close to the face
- Headaches during or after reading
- Blurred vision
- Watery eyes
- Difficulty reading or avoiding reading
- Blurred vision when shifting focus from one object to another
- Frequent eye rubbing
Visual-Vestibular
Vision can have a big impact on dizziness and balance disorders. Vision provides input to our vestibular system from the outside world which affects our ability to process movement, understand our orientation and position in space, as well as maintain our balance. When there is a mismatch, or conflict, in information from these two systems, the result can be visual-vestibular dysfunction.
The visual system and vestibular system are linked together by something called the vestibular-ocular reflex. Any problem with how efficiently the eyes take in information can affect how these systems work together.
Symptoms of visual-vestibular dysfunction may include:
- Balance problems
- Dizziness
- Double vision
- Light sensitivity
- Low tolerance for visual stimuli
- Migraines
- Motion sickness
- Poor depth perception
- Vertigo
Visual Perceptual
Visual perceptual deficits, also known as visual processing disorders, are the terms used to describe difficulty in the ability to make sense of visual information. A visual processing disorder can cause problems with the way the brain processes visual information. There are many different types of processing disorders.
Symptoms of a visual processing disorder may include:
- Confusion of letters and numbers
- Trouble enjoying activities like puzzles or reading
- Trouble recognizing differences and details
- Trouble copying notes from the board
- Trouble picking out details in words or images
- Trouble scanning for information contained in written materials.
- Difficulty finding missing items quickly, even if they are in plain sight
- Trouble judging distances and heights
- Trouble reading unusual fonts
- Difficulty spelling – misses, adds or jumbles letters within words
- Trouble recognizing and remembering patterns
- Spelling difficulties
- Difficulty recognizing numbers or letters
- Difficulty copying information from the board or a book
- Difficulty with sight words
- Reduced math skills
- Poor reading comprehension
- Reduced hand-eye coordination
- Dislikes sports
- Difficulty copying from the board
- Difficulty staying within the lines when coloring
- Messy handwriting
If you or a loved one are experiencing any of the symptoms mentioned above, it may be time to have your vision evaluated. Please call Pursuit Vision Center (717) 983-8836 to schedule an evaluation to determine if vision therapy may be beneficial for you!