Talk:Vision therapy
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Wikipedia is new to me. The VT pagelooks good. There could be more about signs and symptoms of learning related vision problems etc. Also a list of all the types of conditions treatable through VT. The links are good.
Les Alsterlund, OD
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Added the scientific support and criticism sections. Thanks to the others that have contributed. I think this will be fun! Natebw 07:13, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
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I have removed the following from the article:
- "Many critics of vision therapy emphasize a distinction between "eye exercises" and "vision therapy." In these arguments, "eye exercises" are performed for treatment of classically-recognized conditions and associated symptoms directly attributable to the oculomotor system (convergence insufficiency, intermittent exotropia, etc.). Reputable (published in peer-reviewed journals) critics only rarely challenge the effectiveness of vision therapy in these areas of treatment, and then only for specific instances. Therapy activities other than traditional orthoptics, usually lumped together under the term "vision therapy", are challenged based on their use, according to critics, for treatment of such problems as dyslexia or other learning disorders."
First of all, I think much of this is an unintentional use of weasel wording in that there is no reference to which critics are reported to have claimed these things. Secondly, the American Academy of Ophthalmology (possible the primary critic of VT) appears to emphasize a distinction between orthoptic vision therapy and behavior vision therapy [1], but they do not appear to emphasize a distinction between "eye exercises" and "vision therapy"[2]. It's certainly not clear that traditional orthoptics are not challeged, too. Thirdly, who is a "reputable" critic is open to debate. -AED 16:26, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
