Neurovisual Assessment

Recommended for patients with the following:
-symptoms of light sensitivity
-headache
-dizziness
-trouble focusing/tracking
-blurry vision
-fatigue while doing near work
-post concussion symptoms
-brain fog
-difficulty reading
-diagnosis of amblyopia (lazy eye)
-traumatic brain injury/neurological disease
-concussion and migraine
-convergence insufficiency

Therapeutic spectacle lenses will be prescribed based on your symptoms and testing done,
using lenses, prisms, specialized tints and color filters. These therapeutic lenses change the
way light enters your visual system to the brain to improve your symptoms, as your current way
of using your visual system and regular glasses isn’t working well. The prescribed specialized
glasses are a passive form of visual therapy, which opens up new pathways in the brain to allow
improvement in your vision, visual comfort and visual skills needed for optimal daily functioning.
A follow up appointment is usually required a few months after you pick up your new lenses.
Depending on your condition, it is possible your therapeutic lenses will stay the same for a year,
sometimes the prescription may need to be altered more frequently.
For many, this first step of passive therapeutic lenses is enough to provide optimal functioning,
however some people may still require a second step. This involves a referral for active vision
therapy in Burlington which usually includes daily vision exercises and weekly appointments
(usually $180/week) for 6 months or longer.