>Monovision is a strange ability of the brain to actually adjust to
using one
>eye for distance and one eye for near. It is not something you can
just try
>on and see..you have to put them in and try it for a week or two, as
each
>person adjusts at a different rate. Once the brain "clicks", it is
wonderful.
>If you need no distance correction, \\\
I had strabismus when I was kid, the wall eyed version. (this is where
your eyes tend to point out instead of straight forward). I had surgery
when I was little to remount the muscles on the eye balls to force them
to be straight ahead. This was in the mid 60's. I had to wear glasses
after that because I became near sighted from the surgery. I didn't
know it at the time, but I did not have stereo vision either. I wasn't
until the early 90's that I paid for vision therapy at an optomotrist's
to re-wire my brain so I could see in stereo, both nearfield and
farfield. It's been a long road to stereo vision, and I don't think I
would ever want to go back to monovision again. With stereo vision,
everything looks much more three dimensional. My normal field of view
expanded with the therapy also to almost 180deg in all directions. In
other words, when I walk down a hallway with my eyes defocussed and
pointed straight ahead, I can see the tips of my shoes *and* the
ceiling over my head *and* the side walls at the same time. It's like
walking around with a super wide lens all the time. I learned a whole
bunch (alot??? <g>) through this training. I wish I could afford more
to refine it even better. Vision is a complicated thing, and vision
therapy is a relatively new treatment. For example, as I type this in
with my eyes focussed on the screen, I can see my hands and my lap as
well as the ceiling and the walls. It's been a long road for me to have
more healthy vision, and I'm hoping that contacts can further enhance
my visual abilities. I'm constantly aware of the rims of my glasses and
the fuzzy areas beyond them, and I have very wide lenses on my glasses.
Be seeing you.
Dirk Wright
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