JEFFREY BECKER OD

VISION REHABILITATION SPECIALIST

NEUROSENSORY CENTER OF EASTERN PA
570 763 0054
jbecker@KEYSTONENSC.COM
www.keystonensc.com
SIGHT VS VISION, ARE THEY
REALLY DIFFERENT?
80 % OF WHAT WE LEARN IS PROCESSED VIA
THE VISUAL SYSTEM

THEREFORE:

 WHATHAPPENS WHEN THE VISUAL SYSTEM IS NOT

FUNCTIONING PROPERLY?
 SIGHT

THE ABILITY TO SEE A

CERTAIN SIZE TARGET AT A
SPECIFIC DISTANCE
SIGHT
20/20

VS

20/40
ENCOMPASSES
VISION
EYE MOVEMENTS
 TRACKING

 PURSUITS

 ACCOMMODATION

THE ABILITY TO QUICKLY FOCUS FROM

DISTANCE TO NEAR OBJECTS IN A SMOOTH
FASHION

 PERCEPTION
PERCEPTION
THE ABLITY TO GET MEANING FROM PAST
AND PRESENT EXPERIENCES
WHAT DO YOU SEE IN
THESE SLIDES ?
HOW DO WE EVALUATE AND
TREAT THESE CONDITIONS?
PATIENTS ARE TESTED IN
OUR NEUROSENSORY ROOM
The testing then provides a graphical analysis
of where the problems may exist. These tests
are performed prior to the treatment, during
treatment and post treatment providing the
clinician data to make changes in the
rehabilitation program
Vision Rehabilitation
Therapy
Once we determine how the visual system is
functioning we can then provide an
appropriate treatment program
VISION THERAPY
THERAPY IS BEST DONE ONE ON ONE WITH A
TRAINED THERAPIST. THE THERAPIST MUST
UNDERSTAND HOW THE VISUAL SYSTEM IS
TIED DIRECTLY INTO THE LEARNING PROCESS,
AND HOW IT RELATES TO ACTIVITIES OF DAILY
LIVING:
READING, WRITING, PLAYING
ALL GROSS MOTOR ACTIVITIES
ALL FINE MOTOR ACTIVITIES
COMPUTER ASSISTED
THERAPY
THIS TYPE OF THERAPY IS ONE OF THE
NEWEST IN TERMS OF VISUAL DEVELOPMENT.
IT CAN BE USED FOR ALL TYPES OF VISUAL
DEFICITS AND HAS PROVEN TO BE THE MOST
EFFECTIVE AND REPRODUCIBLE FROM ONE
THERAPIST TO ANOTHER.
HAND HELD THERAPY
HAND-HELD AND OUT-OF-INSTRUMENT
THERAPY IS THE BASIS FOR THE
COMPUTER THERAPY PROGRAMS
THESE TYPES OF DISORDERS PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN ANY
CHILD’S BEHAVIOR AND DEVELOPMENT

THEY ARE NOT AS OBVIOUS TO THE

ORDINARY CLINICIAN AS THIS IS:
VISUAL DEFICITS CAN ONLY BE OBSERVED BY
AN EXPERIENCED CLINICIAN TRAINED IN THIS
AREA WITH ALL OF THE NEWEST
TECHNOLOGY AVAILABLE:
VISION…..IT MAKES ALL
THE DIFFERENCE
VISION: IT CONTROLS
GROSS MOTOR
VISION: IT CONTROLS
FINE MOTOR
IT CONTROLS SELF
ESTEEM
VISION LEADS US:
80% PERCENT OF ALL STIMULI ARE RECEIVED
VIA THE VISUAL PATHWAYS. IF THE STIMULI
ARE DELAYED IN ANY AREAS:
TRACKING, PURSUITS, FOCUSING, PERCEPTION
AND DEPTH PERCEPTION

THEN THE BRAIN DOES NOT RECEIVE THE

RIGHT MESSAGES AND THIS RESULTS IN
MANY DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS………
……………………
RESEARCH/ARTICLES
Not Autistic or Hyperactive. Just Seeing Double at
Times (NEW YORK TIMES)
LAURA NOVAK
Published: September 11, 2007

Medical Edge Newspaper Column from Mayo Clinic

VISION THERAPY TREATMENT FOR BINOCULAR
DISORDERS (OCT 2008) Melissa L. Rice, O.D.,
Ophthalmology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.

THE EFFICACY OF OPTOMETRIC VISION THERAPY

(AOA JOURNAL 1997)
 JEFFREY BECKER OD
VISION REHABILITATION SPECIALIST
NEUROSENSORY CENTER OF EASTERN PA
570 763 0054
jbecker@KEYSTONENSC.COM
www.keystonensc.com