Essay On Amblyopia

Amblyopia is a childhood condition which tends to effect one eye, resulting in vision being distorted in one eye and good in the other. The reason of why this happens is due to the connections responsible for our sight within the brain not being developed properly. Amblyopia is usually a sign of an another condition that could lead to conditions such as Anisometropia and strabismus also referred to as a ‘squint’ were the eyes are not aligned well as they point at different directions; the weaker eye looking in different directions while the good eye looks forwards. The conditions mentioned above are known to have a significant impact on vision as it cause disruptions to the way the eye focuses light. The sensitivity in the amblyopic eye is

Following this the child is encouraged to start using the poor eye by implementing the use of an eye patch to cover the stronger eye. However, this treatment doesn’t always lead to 6/6 vision and patching doesn’t promote binocular cooperation of the eyes meaning that it could possibly result in recurrent amblyopia. The critical period starts as soon as visual property is developed, however once the critical period is passed and the deficit hasn’t been treated it will result in the abnormality to remain existent in their adulthood, therefore essential to treat amblyopia once it’s been found. However, the current methods are lengthy and could take countless months to manage, therefore it’s imperative that new methods are created such as the one below to ensure it is treated before the critical period passes. As none of the current treatments for amblyopia consider binocular factor it inspired Knox and others to see whether it could be a possible