More effective treatment identified for common childhood vision disorder
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 - 11:14
in Health & Medicine
Scientists have found a more effective treatment for a common childhood eye muscle coordination problem called convergence insufficiency (CI). For words on a page to appear in focus a child's eyes must turn inward, or converge. In CI, the eyes do not converge easily, and as a result, additional muscular effort must be used to make the eyes turn in.