Amblyopia

When a young patient presents with atypical refractive findings and an inability to see 20/20 in one eye, that eye is often labeled “amblyopic.”

Improvements in visual acuity and stereoacuity were maintained 1 year after binocular treatment with CureSight among children with amblyopia, according to a follow-up study published in American Journal of Ophthalmology.

A previously healthy 3-year-old girl was transferred to Tufts Medical Center from an outside hospital for persistent vomiting, mild gait abnormality and newly reported subjective vision changes in the left eye.

The term amblyopia literally means “dullness of vision.”

SAN FRANCISCO — In this Healio Video Perspective from the AAO meeting, Rupa Wong, MD, discusses the Luminopia binocular therapy headset for children with amblyopia.

This issue’s roundtable from our pediatric ophthalmology colleagues covers two important topics: amblyopia therapy and progressive myopia treatment. Our first challenge is to diagnose these two conditions at an early age.

According to a 2016 analysis of 145 studies including 2.1 million participants, myopia will affect nearly 50% of the global population by 2050.

The blinq screening device directly detected amblyopia and strabismus with high sensitivity in pediatric patients, according to a study published in the American Journal of Ophthalmology.

Binocular therapies that harness the plasticity of the adult visual system may improve vision in both children and adults with amblyopia, according to a review published in the European Journal of Ophthalmology.

Luminopia closed an oversubscribed $16 million Series A financing round, which will be used to support the commercial rollout of the Luminopia software-based therapeutic for amblyopia later this year, according to a press release.