Eye Movement

A novel smartphone app was shown to diagnose vestibular stroke symptoms via tracked eye movements in healthy volunteers with an accuracy similar to current clinical standard devices, researchers reported.

PHILADELPHIA — Tracking to chart various eye movements including saccadic and fixation may be effective in differentiating neurological differences between children with ASD and neurotypical children, according to a poster presentation.

Jason S. Ng, OD, PhD, FAAO, spoke about key takeaways from his presentation at Academy on cannabis use and its effect on vision in a video interview with Healio.

Rates of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s are rising dramatically.

The FDA has granted breakthrough device designation to the RightEye Vision System, an oculomotor test to help diagnose Parkinson’s disease, RightEye LLC announced in a press release.

ORLANDO, Fla. – Visual processing speeds and oculomotor skills are critical to baseball players’ at-plate performance, according to a poster presented here at the American Academy of Optometry meeting.

LAS VEGAS – RightEye introduced the fully commercialized version of EyeQ Trainer, an oculomotor exercise program, here at Vision Expo West.

ST. LOUIS – Researchers found that students had significantly faster reading rates and total reading time on the same passage on paper compared to an iPad, according to a study presented here at Optometry’s Meeting.