Rebuilding Your Visual World After a Brain Injury, Stroke, or Neurological Event
After a concussion, stroke, or other acquired brain injury (ABI), it's common to find that your vision has changed, even if your eyes are physically healthy. The injury can disrupt the vital communication between your eyes and your brain, making it difficult for your brain to correctly process the information it receives. This can lead to a range of disorienting and challenging symptoms that affect your ability to perform everyday tasks.
Neuro-Optometric Rehabilitation is a personalized, non-invasive treatment regimen designed to help patients who have suffered an acquired brain injury and are now struggling with their vision. It is a specialized area of therapy that works to help patients reacquire lost visual skills and correct vision processing problems.
Our goal is to utilize the brain's ability to change and adapt (a principle known as neuroplasticity) to develop new neural pathways. By retraining the eye-brain connection, we can help reduce symptoms and restore function, improving your quality of life.
The visual consequences of a neurological event can be widespread. Our rehabilitation programs are designed to help patients who struggle with symptoms such as:
Dizziness and balance issues
Double vision (diplopia)
Reading difficulties, such as words blurring, moving, or losing your place
Difficulty with writing or driving
Severe light sensitivity (photophobia)
Headaches and eye strain with visual tasks
Poor depth perception
Difficulty with eye tracking and focusing
Visual field loss (losing parts of your side vision)
Feeling overwhelmed or disoriented in busy environments like grocery stores
Our approach is not just about exercises; it's about providing the visual system with the tools it needs to recalibrate and heal. Based on a comprehensive assessment, we develop an individualized therapy plan that may include a combination of the following:
These specialized glasses are used to help realign your visual system, reduce double vision, improve balance, and manage light sensitivity, providing a stable foundation for rehabilitation.
You will work one-on-one with our therapists on a series of targeted activities. These tasks are designed to improve specific skills like eye tracking, focusing, eye teaming, and visual information processing.
You will be given a structured set of activities to perform at home to reinforce the new skills being developed during your in-office sessions.
The journey begins with an in-depth evaluation to precisely diagnose how your visual system has been affected. This goes far beyond a standard eye exam.
Based on your assessment, we create a customized therapy program tailored to your specific symptoms, condition, and personal goals.
Through your scheduled sessions, we will guide you through your program, tracking your progress and adapting the plan as your visual skills improve.
This specialized therapy is designed for individuals who have experienced visual challenges as a result of neurological events, including:
Recovering from a neurological event is a challenging journey, and visual problems can be a significant hurdle. You don't have to navigate it alone. We are here to provide focused care and compassionate support. Contact us to learn if you are a candidate for Neuro-Optometric Rehabilitation.