Vision accounts for over fifty percent of the sensory input into
our brain. Over thirty five areas in the brain are involved in vision.
When there is damage vision is often affected in subtle ways. Traumatic
brain injury, whiplash or a stroke leave many with a residual impairment
of the visual system. This can result in an inability to recuperate
because we are visually oriented. So much of our function is guided
by or dependent on vision. There is a need for the brain to coordinate
visual and other sensory inputs. Loss of function can leave one
feeling uneasy and disoriented in certain environments and sometimes
is manifested as panic attacks or interruptions in activities of
daily living. Specialized testing often uncover problems that other
specialists and tests have failed to detect. MRI's are often negative,
yet lack of evidence is not evidence of lack of an injury. These
deficiencies are treatable and a person does not have to learn to
live with many residual problems or handicaps. Often treatment incorporates
vision training, syntonics and low vision treatment in addition
to the neuro-optometric techniques.
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