What is Binocular Vision Dysfunction?

People suffering from Binocular Vision Dysfunction have a small amount of There are six different muscles controlled by three different cranial nerves that coordinate the movement of each eye.

In order to achieve perfect binocular vision and to avoid double vision, the brain and all twelve muscles must work together so that each eye points directly at the object being viewed.

When the eyes cannot perform this eye teaming task accurately, this is referred to as binocular vision dysfunction.vision misalignment not found on a routine eye exam. Their body corrects the misalignment by Vision Specialists | Visual description of Binocular Vision disorderoverusing and straining the eye muscles, causing the symptoms of Binocular Vision Dysfunction.

Typical Symptoms

  • Dizziness
  • Lightheadedness
  • Nausea
  • Unsteadiness / Drifting while walking
  • Poor Coordination / Clumsy
  • Poor Depth Perception
  • Motion Sickness
  • Headaches / Face Pain
  • Eye Pain / Pain with Eye Movement
  • Neck Ache / Upper Back & Shoulder Pain
  • Head Tilt
  • Anxiety
  • Sensitivity to Light / Glare
  • Double Vision
  • Feeling Overwhelmed or Anxious in Crowds or Large Spaces

  • Fatigue with Reading
  • Shadowed / Overlapping / Blurred Vision
  • Difficulty with Reading & Reading Comprehension
  • Skipping Lines / Losing your Place while Reading
  • Closing / Covering an Eye to make it easier to see

The number and severity of symptoms are different for each person. Some people are disabled; others aren’t bothered much.

Many people with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) develop a small amount of eye misalignment from their injury that cause these symptoms.

What is the solution?

NeuroVisual Specialists have made pioneering discoveries into the diagnosis and treatment of Binocular Vision Dysfunction. Our patients undergo a detailed and thorough examination of their vision, including assessment for small amounts of vision misalignment (the NeuroVisual Evaluation). Near vision, far vision and Vision alignment problems can be corrected with prism lenses. Prism lenses can bend beams of light, and can redirect the image (red dotted arrow) onto the center of the back of the eye (the fovea (big red arrowhead)) while the eye is in it's original, slightly misaligned position (black arrow). Since there is no need to realign the eye, there is no overuse of the eye muscles, which markedly reduces or eliminates the symptoms of Binocular Vision Dysfunction.

Diagram 4 - BVD - Visual description of Binocular Vision disorder alignment problems will be corrected using glasses with specialized micro-prism lenses

Expect to feel noticeably better right away. The average patient will notice a 50% reduction of symptoms by the end of the first visit. Improvement continues over the next several visits as the The micro-prism lenses prescribed by your NeuroVisual Specialist will be custom made just for you, and will include the combination of the elements you need to reduce your symptoms, as well as giving you crisp, clear, comfortable vision.
  • Vertical prismatic correction
  • Horizontal prismatic correction
  • Distance correction
  • Reading correction
  • Out of roundness (astigmatism) correction
  • Anti-reflective / anti-glare coating
  • Blue light protection
  • Tint or Transitions™ for light sensitivity
  • Lighter lenses using special materials like polycarbonate or Hi Index plastics
micro-prism lenses are fine-tuned, giving the average patient an 80% reduction of symptoms by the end of treatment.

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STORIES OF TRIUMPH over a common but often unrecognized visual ailment: Binocular Vision Dysfunction

By Debby Feinberg O.D. with Mark Rosner M.D. & Sherry Brantley

Who would have thought that a basic eye alignment problem could cause a person to be miserable or disabled? Yet that is exactly what is happening with Binocular Vision Dysfunction (BVD), a visual condition where there is a slight image misalignment which causes headaches, dizziness, anxiety, neck pain and reading difficulties. Using techniques developed by Dr. Debby Feinberg (founder of NeuroVisual Medicine), patients are fit with prism eyeglass lenses that realign the images, resulting (on average) in an 80% reduction of symptoms.

This book contains the stories of those suffering from BVD, their difficult journey through life and the medical system, and their recovery and return to health using just a simple pair of properly prescribed prism lenses.