Vision Therapy

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Contents 1 Indications 2 Procedure 3 More General Terms 4 Additional Terms 5 References

Indications

• amblyopia
• strabismus
• heterophoria

• esophoria
• exophoria

• myopia
• nystagmus

Procedure

• may include eye exercises, use of eye patches, penlights, mirrors, lenses, prisms, & patches
• orthoptics are exercises designed to improve the function of the eye muscles
• pleoptics are exercises designed to improve impaired vision when there is no evidence of organic eye diseases

More General Terms

• clinical procedure

Additional Terms

• vision

References

1. Aetna.com Clinical Policy Bulletins: Vision Therapy [1]

vision therapy; orthoptic training; pleoptic training