Amblyopia Treatment through Immersive Virtual Reality: A Preliminary Experience in Anisometropic Children.

ABSTRACT: The use of digital devices provides a wide range of possibilities for measuring and improving visual function, including concepts such as perceptual learning and dichoptic therapy. Different technologies can be used to apply these concepts, including, in recent years, the introduction of virtual reality (VR) systems. A preliminary experience in treating anisometropic amblyopia through an immersive VR device and using prototype software is described. A total of 4 children were treated by performing 18 office-based sessions. Results showed that distance VA in amblyopic eyes remained constant in two subjects, whereas the younger subjects improved after the training. Near VA improved in three subjects. All subjects showed an increase in the stereopsis of at least one step, with three subjects

SUBMITTER: Molina-Martin A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10204412 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature