AMBLYOPIA & STRABISMUS
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Understanding the impact of amblyopia and strabismus.
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Summary of impacts...
Depth Perception
Self-Esteem and Confidence
Amblyopia and strabismus can significantly affect an adult’s hand-eye coordination, often due to reduced or absent depth perception. Everyday tasks like typing, cooking, or participating in recreational activities become more challenging as the brain struggles to coordinate what the eyes see with hand movements. These difficulties can also impact critical activities like driving or operating machinery, where accurate depth perception and coordination are essential for safety and precision.
Tracking Skills
Adults with strabismus, or a noticeable eye turn, may face challenges with self-esteem and confidence, especially in social or professional settings where others may not fully understand their condition. They may feel self-conscious about their appearance, particularly when people are unsure whether they are being looked at directly during conversations. This uncertainty can lead to awkward social interactions and increased feelings of self-consciousness. These emotional and psychological effects can be just as impactful as the physical challenges, affecting both personal and professional relationships.
Spatial Awareness
Tracking skills continue to be important in adulthood for tasks like reading, driving, or following a moving object. However, adults with binocular vision problems may struggle because their eyes don’t consistently work together. Even if they have adapted to improve reading or other tasks, they may still find it difficult to keep their place on a page or smoothly follow text or objects, as their eyes haven’t fully developed proper tracking skills. This can lead to frustration in both personal and professional environments where precise visual tracking is essential.
Amblyopia and strabismus can affect an adult’s spatial awareness, making it harder to understand where objects are in relation to their body. This can lead to difficulties with tasks such as navigating crowded spaces, driving, and accurately judging distances. Poor spatial awareness may also cause challenges with tasks that require precision, such as assembling items or recognizing the orientation of objects. Adults may experience clumsiness or difficulty with everyday activities, as the brain struggles to accurately interpret spatial information, impacting both personal and professional life.
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Misaligned eyes (one eye may turn inward, outward, upward, or downward)
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Frequent squinting or closing one eye to see clearly
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Head tilting or turning to try to use the eyes together
Poor depth perception (difficulty judging distances)
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Blurry or double vision
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Losing place or skipping lines when reading
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Avoidance of activities like reading or sports that require good vision
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Frequent bumping into objects due to lack of spatial awareness
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Slow reading speed or needing to re-read text frequently
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