20 Year old wanted to join the Coast Guard but had a constant eye turn (strabismus) that prevented him from enlisting.
A 20 year old man called the office to see if we could help improve his amblyopia and strabismus. He had constant, alternating esotropia with right eye fixation preference. He had high plus prescription in his glasses that made his eyes look very magnified and while...
Preschooler with Convergence Insufficiency struggling with fine motor tasks and following directions
One of our current 5 year old patients, “Billy” (names have been changed to remain HIPAA compliant), was referred to our office by his astute preschool teacher for problems with fine motor tasks. Billy was diagnosed with Convergence Insufficiency and various retained...
Vision Therapy for an eye turn/Timid on the playground
ENCOURAGING WORDS from a parent of a 4 year old currently in vision therapy for 4 months for an eye turn. I asked Dad, is there anything you've noticed that has improved since doing vision therapy? This was his response: "His eye used to turn a lot and now it only...
Yoked Prism for helping possible Autism Spectrum Disorder/ADHD/Poor Reading and Eyesight
Background information: Typically small amounts of prism are helpful in changing how you process visual information to get a more comfortable visual experience. We speak of prism in terms of the base: base out (BO), base in (BI), base left (BL), base right (BR), base...
"Within weeks of Vision Therapy, her basketball skills improved so much the coaches were amazed."
Before Vision Therapy, tears were a daily part of school for Rachel and mom. Once we started therapy, the tears and frustration were gone. Even the knowledge that we could "fix" the problem helped. Things we never noticed or thought about, have greatly improved as...
"Since Vision Therapy, Nathan has gained self-confidence"
Nathan would tire easily, and would be very frustrated that the words moved on the page. He would try to cover one eye to compensate, and he would see double and that freaked him out at times. He felt left out because other kids were reading and he could not. He had a...
"Having our son back as a confident, caring, READING individual … Priceless!"
For many years, we struggled with our son. We felt that he was not performing up to his academic ability in school. Personality wise, he was obstinate and hard to reach. At one point, he was even on medication, because the doctors and teachers felt he had ADHD. In...
"Reading has become a pleasure instead of an unavoidable chore!"
Mary was an excellent student prior to third grade. Then the teacher began calling home to report Mary's struggles in math, spelling, handwriting and reading. She would reverse letters and numbers and make up words while she was reading. Her mother noticed that Mary...
Angela L. Martin, OD
Behavioral Optometrist
(616) 541-7080

Academy of Vision Development, PLLC
6617 Crossings Dr. SE, Suite 102
Grand Rapids, MI 49508