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  • Home
  • About
    • Dr. Jack DiBerardino
    • Dr. Elizabeth Rutyna
    • Dr. Darren Leblanc
    • Dr. Hannah Wong
    • Dr. Phil Patafio
    • Dr. Catrina Costanzo
    • Dr. Mathew Silva
  • Shop
  • Services
    • Comprehensive Eye Examination – What To Expect
    • About Your Eye Exam
    • Contact Lens Services
    • Low Vision Assessment
    • Laser Vision Assessment
    • Eye Glasses Dispensary
  • Products
    • Eyeglasses
    • Contact Lenses
    • Contact Lens Education
  • Events
  • Technology
    • Optomap Retinal Imaging
    • Corneal Topography
    • Pachymetry
    • Visual Field
    • Advanced Glaucoma Detection Technologies
    • OCT: Optical Coherence Tomography
  • Library
    • Vision Library
      • Amblyopia
      • Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD)
      • Astigmatism
      • Blepharitis
      • Cataracts
      • Dry Eye
      • Flashes and Floaters
      • Glaucoma
      • Hyperopia
      • Keratoconus
      • Myopia
      • Presbyopia
      • Strabismus
    • Video Library
      • Macular Degeneration Video Collection
        • AMD Prevention
        • Introduction to the Impact of Macular Degeneration
        • Macular Degeneration Prevention Overview
        • How to Apply Eye Drops
        • Intravitreal Injections
        • Laser Surgery – AMD
        • Vision Over 60: Conditions
        • Vision Over 60: Treatments
      • Dry Eye Video Collection
        • Dry Eye Risk Factors
        • Dry Eye – Tear Osmolarity
        • Dry Eye – Testing
        • How to Apply Eye Drops
        • Introduction to the Eye
        • Meibomian Gland Dysfunction
        • Vision Over 40
        • Vision Over 60: Conditions
      • Eye Surgery Video Collection
        • Cataract Surgery: Technologies
        • Cataract Laser Surgery
        • Cataract Surgery – Post-Op
        • Cataract Surgery – Traditional
        • Corneal Cross Linking
        • Corneal Inserts
        • Corneal Transplant
        • Cryotherapy
        • DSEK
        • Glaucoma – Introduction to Surgery
        • How to Apply Eye Drops
        • Intravitreal Injections
        • IOL – Accommodative
        • IOL – Aspheric
        • IOL Overview
        • IOL – Monofocal
        • IOL – Multifocal
        • IOL: Premium Lens Overview
        • IOL – Premium (Mixing Implants)
        • IOL – Toric
        • Laser Therapy
        • Pneumatic Retinopexy
        • Refractive Lens Exchange
        • Scleral Buckling
        • Vitrectomy
        • YAG Laser Capsulotomy
        • Refractive Surgery
        • Vision Over 60: Treatments
      • Glaucoma Video Collection
        • Glaucoma Overview
        • Open-Angle Glaucoma
        • Importance of Complete Eye Exams
        • Glaucoma Description
        • Glaucoma Introduction
        • Glaucoma – Introduction to Surgery
        • Glaucoma – Types (Closed-Angle)
        • Glaucoma: Exfoliation Syndrome
        • Narrow-Angle Glaucoma
        • How to Apply Eye Drops
        • Introduction to the Eye
        • Vision Over 60: Conditions
        • Vision Over 60: Treatments
      • Healthy Vision Video Collection
        • Macular Degeneration Prevention Overview
        • Importance of Complete Eye Exams
        • Contact Lens Care and Compliance
        • Cornea
        • How The Eye Works
        • How The Tears Work
        • Introduction to the Eye
        • Sunglass Lenses
        • Healthy Vision
      • LASIK Video Collection
        • Refractive Surgery
        • PRK
        • Myopia
        • Monovision
        • Wavefront: Custom LASIK
        • LASEK
        • Introduction To Refractive Errors
        • Phakic ICL
        • Hyperopia Description
        • How to Apply Eye Drops
        • Epi-LASIK
        • Dry Eye Risk Factors
        • Astigmatism Description
      • Optical Video Collection
        • Variable Tinted Lenses
        • U.V. Filter
        • Sunglass Lenses
        • Progressive Lenses
        • Polarized Lenses Water
        • Polarized Lenses Driving
        • Polycarbonate Lens
        • High-Index Lenses
        • HD Lenses
        • Anti-Reflective Lens Treatment
        • Frame Selection Overview
        • Computer Lens
        • Eyeglass Lens Options
      • Retina Video Collection
        • Retina
        • Retinal Holes
        • Retinal Detachment
        • Optic Neuritis
        • Macular Pucker
        • Lattice Degeneration
        • Intravitreal Injections
        • Vitreous Floaters
        • Diabetic Retinopathy
        • Cryotherapy
        • Choroidal Nevus
      • Anatomy Video Collection
        • Importance of Complete Eye Exams
        • Zonules
        • Tear Layer
        • Sclera
        • Conjunctiva
        • Choroid
        • Vitreous Body
        • Retina
        • Pupil
        • Optic Nerve
        • Macula
        • Iris
        • Crystalline Lens
        • Cornea
        • Ciliary Body
      • Cataracts Video Collection
        • Laser Cataract Surgery
        • Cataract Surgery (Microincision Phaco)
        • Cataract Surgery (Phacoemulsification)
        • YAG Laser Capsulotomy
        • Toric IOL
        • Nuclear Cataracts
        • Multifocal IOL
        • IOL Overview
        • Subcapsular Cataracts
        • Cortical Cataracts
        • Cataracts Symptoms
        • Cataracts Description
      • Macular Conditions Video Collection
        • Macular Degeneration: Wet Form
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        • Macular Degeneration Symptoms
        • Macular Degeneration Description
      • Other Diseases
        • Pinguecula
        • Fuchs Dystrophy
        • Corneal Abrasion Overview
        • Corneal Neovascularization
        • Conjunctivitis
        • Choroidal Nevus
        • Vitreous Detachment
        • Subconjunctival Hemorrhage
        • Stye
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        • Pterygium
        • Keratoconus
        • Chalazion
        • Blepharitis
        • Ocular Migraines
        • Amblyopia Overview
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Amblyopia

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Amblyopia

What is Amblyopia?

Amblyopia is sometimes referred to as a ‘Lazy Eye’. It implies that the eye is healthy but suffers from reduced vision even when fully corrected by glasses or contact lenses.

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What Causes Amblyopia?

In order for a child’s vision to develop normally, the brain must receive clear and aligned images from both eyes. When a condition interferes with either a clear image or properly aligned images from both eyes, the brain over time can learn to permanently ignore the ‘weaker’ eye and favor the ‘stronger’ eye. This condition is called Amblyopia, commonly referred to as ‘lazy eye.’ Amblyopia is most commonly associated with a turned eye but may also be caused by a large or unequal refractive error between the eyes. In rare cases, Amblyopia may result if vision is blocked by a cataract, corneal scar, droopy eyelid, or excessive patching therapy.

How is Amblyopia Treated?

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The initial stage in treating Amblyopia is to address any refractive error using the best possible prescription for eyeglasses or contact lenses. There are numerous treatment techniques based on the cause and degree of amblyopia. The techniques range from prescribing specialty glasses such as the “Shaw Lens“, which matches retinal image sizes between the two eyes. Sometimes the dominant eye is blurred to force the lazy eye to be used and improve vision. Misalignment of the eyes, strabismus,  is sometimes addressed by Vision Therapy, which is a training technique that trains the eyes to work together. In severe strabismus cases, surgery is necessary to realign the eyes.

In many cases, more than one technique is employed in the treatment of amblyopia.

Treating amblyopia as early as possible is the most effective way to restore vision, and have the best possible outcome.

What is my role as a parent?

Since vision continues to develop until the age of nine, it is imperative to treat amblyopia early in life. If the amblyopia has not been treated before this age of full development, the child is at risk of never developing normal vision.

Parents have a vital role in ensuring that this does not happen to their children. If your child is diagnosed with amblyopia, it is important that the doctor’s instructions are strictly followed.

Detection is the key. Parents must realize that children with amblyopia look and function completely normally as they still use one eye to see. However, warning signs include an eye that turns in or out or up or a child who noticeably uses one eye to see. Since parents may not be able to detect amblyopia themselves, it is important that children be seen by an eye care professional for an assessment before preschool age.

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Orangeville, Ontario
L9W 2C8

P: (519) 941-6761
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Orangeville Optometrists

31 First Street
Orangeville, Ontario
L9W 2C8

Phone: (519) 941-6761
Email: info@orangevilleoptometrists.ca

Mon-Fri: 9:00am – 6:00pm
Sat: 9:00am – 1:00pm

Our office is wheelchair accessible.

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