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Since we're on the fascinating topic of...
....glasses, and vision - has anyone read a book called "Fixing My
Gaze" by Susan Barry? I'm smack in the middle of it and can't put it down. It's a memoir by a woman who was born cross-eyed, and although she had surgery as a child to correct it, she never learned to focus her eyes together and therefore never developed steropsis, aka binocular vision, or depth perception. And then when she was 48, she found out about a type of vision therapy that could help people with visual problems related to strabismus, or "eyes that don't focus together". She worked with a therapist for several months. And then one day, she was sitting in her car and the steering wheel suddenly seemed to "pop out" of the dashboard right toward her. She had started to see in 3D, and that was only the first of many experiences like that. To me, that's the exciting part - and I have a personal reason for it, because I also had a crossed eye as a baby, and had corrective surgery, and I doubt that I ever really learned to coordinate my gaze so that my eyes worked together. But it never occurred to me that I might be lacking in stereovision until a few years ago. I was having a discussion about this subject with a friend of mine (who has the same issue), and she remarked that she thought maybe I didn't see in 3D, either. At the time I said, Nonsense! Of course I can see depth! I can tell when things are closer or further away, I can feel myself moving through space. But it left me wondering, so the next time I saw my eye doctor, I asked her about it. She whipped out a picture that looked like a square filled with a bunch of grainy nothing, and asked what I saw. "A bunch of grainy nothing." "Nope, you don't have depth perception." What a shock!! The other interesting thing about this book is that it addresses the issue of neuroplasticity, which is a pretty hot topic in neurology circles these days. You know how we all learned that brain cells never grow back and once you pass a certain age, your brain doesn't change? It's turning out not to be true. This affects a lot more than vision, but for the purposes of this book, it meant that even in her late 40s, a person could change her brain cells so that the combined images from two eyes could be interpreted as a single 3D image. The author of the book is herself a neurologist, so she understands a lot of the science behind it - but writes for a layperson, so it's not overly technical. I'm going to find out about this vision therapy. Maybe I can change my own vision. The parts of the book where she describes what it felt like to suddenly see the world around her in a totally new way were enthralling. I want to find out if I can do the same thing! Joyce -- There is, incidently, no way of talking about cats that enables one to come off as a sane person. -- Dan Greenberg |
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Yowie wrote:
Does that mean all those "Magic Eye" posters and the new 3D movies don't work for you? Yep. Those magic eye posters drove me nuts! I had no idea why I couldn't see whatever it was you were supposed to see - I just thought I was "doin' it rong". As for 3D movies, recently I went to see a movie with 2 friends, who happen to share the same visual deficit I have (a coincidence - we knew each other from a singing group). The theater tried to charge us $16 for a ticket, which was outrageous (normal prices are more like $10). Turned out it was because it was a 3D movie, which is useless to all 3 of us. LOL, what were the odds? The 3 of us are all good friends and I secretly think of us as the "monovision triplets". Joyce -- If an animal does something, they call it instinct. If we do exactly the same thing for the same reason, they call it intelligence. -- Will Cuppy |
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... ...glasses, and vision - has anyone read a book called "Fixing My Gaze" by Susan Barry? I'm smack in the middle of it and can't put it down. It's a memoir by a woman who was born cross-eyed, and although she had surgery as a child to correct it, she never learned to focus her eyes together and therefore never developed steropsis, aka binocular vision, or depth perception. And then when she was 48, she found out about a type of vision therapy that could help people with visual problems related to strabismus, or "eyes that don't focus together". She worked with a therapist for several months. And then one day, she was sitting in her car and the steering wheel suddenly seemed to "pop out" of the dashboard right toward her. She had started to see in 3D, and that was only the first of many experiences like that. To me, that's the exciting part - and I have a personal reason for it, because I also had a crossed eye as a baby, and had corrective surgery, and I doubt that I ever really learned to coordinate my gaze so that my eyes worked together. But it never occurred to me that I might be lacking in stereovision until a few years ago. I was having a discussion about this subject with a friend of mine (who has the same issue), and she remarked that she thought maybe I didn't see in 3D, either. At the time I said, Nonsense! Of course I can see depth! I can tell when things are closer or further away, I can feel myself moving through space. But it left me wondering, so the next time I saw my eye doctor, I asked her about it. She whipped out a picture that looked like a square filled with a bunch of grainy nothing, and asked what I saw. "A bunch of grainy nothing." "Nope, you don't have depth perception." What a shock!! The other interesting thing about this book is that it addresses the issue of neuroplasticity, which is a pretty hot topic in neurology circles these days. You know how we all learned that brain cells never grow back and once you pass a certain age, your brain doesn't change? It's turning out not to be true. This affects a lot more than vision, but for the purposes of this book, it meant that even in her late 40s, a person could change her brain cells so that the combined images from two eyes could be interpreted as a single 3D image. The author of the book is herself a neurologist, so she understands a lot of the science behind it - but writes for a layperson, so it's not overly technical. I'm going to find out about this vision therapy. Maybe I can change my own vision. The parts of the book where she describes what it felt like to suddenly see the world around her in a totally new way were enthralling. I want to find out if I can do the same thing! Joyce -- There is, incidently, no way of talking about cats that enables one to come off as a sane person. -- Dan Greenberg I hope you can get the help you need. My eyes weren't crossed, but they didn't track together when I was young. Our optometrist recommended a woman who taught eye exercises, and my mother used to take me to the woman's home once a week. I also had exercises to practice at home. I only remember a couple of them now. Actually, my eyes don't quite track together now, but the doctor has prescribed a prism into my glasses that make them work. Joy |
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On 30 Sep, 04:57, "Yowie" wrote:
Does that mean all those "Magic Eye" posters and the new 3D movies don't work for you? I could never work out what was on those posters! Although I can see 3D TV images I can't see them that well. I wonder if this explains why the test they do for computer users that I had to have as part of my occupational health assessment for my current job concluded I was completely blind in my right eye! I had to read the whole of a Snellen chart with my left eye screwed tightly shut to convince them I wasn't! Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs |
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wrote in message ... ...glasses, and vision - has anyone read a book called "Fixing My Gaze" by Susan Barry? I'm smack in the middle of it and can't put it down. It's a memoir by a woman who was born cross-eyed, and although she had surgery as a child to correct it, she never learned to focus her eyes together and therefore never developed steropsis, aka binocular vision, or depth perception. And then when she was 48, she found out about a type of vision therapy that could help people with visual problems related to strabismus, or "eyes that don't focus together". She worked with a therapist for several months. And then one day, she was sitting in her car and the steering wheel suddenly seemed to "pop out" of the dashboard right toward her. She had started to see in 3D, and that was only the first of many experiences like that. To me, that's the exciting part - and I have a personal reason for it, because I also had a crossed eye as a baby, and had corrective surgery, and I doubt that I ever really learned to coordinate my gaze so that my eyes worked together. But it never occurred to me that I might be lacking in stereovision until a few years ago. I was having a discussion about this subject with a friend of mine (who has the same issue), and she remarked that she thought maybe I didn't see in 3D, either. At the time I said, Nonsense! Of course I can see depth! I can tell when things are closer or further away, I can feel myself moving through space. But it left me wondering, so the next time I saw my eye doctor, I asked her about it. She whipped out a picture that looked like a square filled with a bunch of grainy nothing, and asked what I saw. "A bunch of grainy nothing." "Nope, you don't have depth perception." What a shock!! The other interesting thing about this book is that it addresses the issue of neuroplasticity, which is a pretty hot topic in neurology circles these days. You know how we all learned that brain cells never grow back and once you pass a certain age, your brain doesn't change? It's turning out not to be true. This affects a lot more than vision, but for the purposes of this book, it meant that even in her late 40s, a person could change her brain cells so that the combined images from two eyes could be interpreted as a single 3D image. The author of the book is herself a neurologist, so she understands a lot of the science behind it - but writes for a layperson, so it's not overly technical. I'm going to find out about this vision therapy. Maybe I can change my own vision. The parts of the book where she describes what it felt like to suddenly see the world around her in a totally new way were enthralling. I want to find out if I can do the same thing! Joyce -- Thank you so much for posting this Joyce. My OH's son was also born with a turn in his eye. It was corrected with surgery when he was 3 but he has been left with only 25% vision in his right eye. The doctor said his brain is gradually "switching off the vision to that eye". He also cannot see 3D movies and the depth perception images. He is 14 now and does miss out somewhat on visits to the cinema with his friends who want to see the latest 3D movie etc. My OH saw an article on the net a while back saying it's never too late to try to correct vision and that in many cases a huge improvement was made by working with a therapist, but were unable to find anyone offering it here in the UK. If anything can be done to improve his vision or even prevent further vision loss it would be a huge bonus to him. I shall certainly seek out a copy of the book! Sharon |
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That's really interesting....I too had strabismus as a child and had surgery
to correct it, but I also had amblyopia too and lost all central vision in one eye so I'll never 'see' the world as others see it...sad as it would be nice to experience stereovision/depth perception, it would definitely help with my problem with heights (Acrophobia). Shirley wrote in message ... ...glasses, and vision - has anyone read a book called "Fixing My Gaze" by Susan Barry? I'm smack in the middle of it and can't put it down. It's a memoir by a woman who was born cross-eyed, and although she had surgery as a child to correct it, she never learned to focus her eyes together and therefore never developed steropsis, aka binocular vision, or depth perception. And then when she was 48, she found out about a type of vision therapy that could help people with visual problems related to strabismus, or "eyes that don't focus together". She worked with a therapist for several months. And then one day, she was sitting in her car and the steering wheel suddenly seemed to "pop out" of the dashboard right toward her. She had started to see in 3D, and that was only the first of many experiences like that. To me, that's the exciting part - and I have a personal reason for it, because I also had a crossed eye as a baby, and had corrective surgery, and I doubt that I ever really learned to coordinate my gaze so that my eyes worked together. But it never occurred to me that I might be lacking in stereovision until a few years ago. I was having a discussion about this subject with a friend of mine (who has the same issue), and she remarked that she thought maybe I didn't see in 3D, either. At the time I said, Nonsense! Of course I can see depth! I can tell when things are closer or further away, I can feel myself moving through space. But it left me wondering, so the next time I saw my eye doctor, I asked her about it. She whipped out a picture that looked like a square filled with a bunch of grainy nothing, and asked what I saw. "A bunch of grainy nothing." "Nope, you don't have depth perception." What a shock!! The other interesting thing about this book is that it addresses the issue of neuroplasticity, which is a pretty hot topic in neurology circles these days. You know how we all learned that brain cells never grow back and once you pass a certain age, your brain doesn't change? It's turning out not to be true. This affects a lot more than vision, but for the purposes of this book, it meant that even in her late 40s, a person could change her brain cells so that the combined images from two eyes could be interpreted as a single 3D image. The author of the book is herself a neurologist, so she understands a lot of the science behind it - but writes for a layperson, so it's not overly technical. I'm going to find out about this vision therapy. Maybe I can change my own vision. The parts of the book where she describes what it felt like to suddenly see the world around her in a totally new way were enthralling. I want to find out if I can do the same thing! Joyce -- There is, incidently, no way of talking about cats that enables one to come off as a sane person. -- Dan Greenberg |
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i will be praying this works for you, Lee
wrote in message ... ...glasses, and vision - has anyone read a book called "Fixing My Gaze" by Susan Barry? I'm smack in the middle of it and can't put it down. It's a memoir by a woman who was born cross-eyed, and although she had surgery as a child to correct it, she never learned to focus her eyes together and therefore never developed steropsis, aka binocular vision, or depth perception. And then when she was 48, she found out about a type of vision therapy that could help people with visual problems related to strabismus, or "eyes that don't focus together". She worked with a therapist for several months. And then one day, she was sitting in her car and the steering wheel suddenly seemed to "pop out" of the dashboard right toward her. She had started to see in 3D, and that was only the first of many experiences like that. To me, that's the exciting part - and I have a personal reason for it, because I also had a crossed eye as a baby, and had corrective surgery, and I doubt that I ever really learned to coordinate my gaze so that my eyes worked together. But it never occurred to me that I might be lacking in stereovision until a few years ago. I was having a discussion about this subject with a friend of mine (who has the same issue), and she remarked that she thought maybe I didn't see in 3D, either. At the time I said, Nonsense! Of course I can see depth! I can tell when things are closer or further away, I can feel myself moving through space. But it left me wondering, so the next time I saw my eye doctor, I asked her about it. She whipped out a picture that looked like a square filled with a bunch of grainy nothing, and asked what I saw. "A bunch of grainy nothing." "Nope, you don't have depth perception." What a shock!! The other interesting thing about this book is that it addresses the issue of neuroplasticity, which is a pretty hot topic in neurology circles these days. You know how we all learned that brain cells never grow back and once you pass a certain age, your brain doesn't change? It's turning out not to be true. This affects a lot more than vision, but for the purposes of this book, it meant that even in her late 40s, a person could change her brain cells so that the combined images from two eyes could be interpreted as a single 3D image. The author of the book is herself a neurologist, so she understands a lot of the science behind it - but writes for a layperson, so it's not overly technical. I'm going to find out about this vision therapy. Maybe I can change my own vision. The parts of the book where she describes what it felt like to suddenly see the world around her in a totally new way were enthralling. I want to find out if I can do the same thing! Joyce -- There is, incidently, no way of talking about cats that enables one to come off as a sane person. -- Dan Greenberg |
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