38. Vision Training Hart Chart Decoding to Strengthen Eye Focusing

👁 Hart Chart Decoding to improve Accommodative Stimulation (Accommodative Insufficiency), to improve Accommodative Relaxation (Accommodative Spasm), to train Oculomotor Functions (Saccadic Dysfunction), to improve Convergence ability (Convergence Insufficiency or Excess) and to improve Divergence ability (Divergence Insufficiency or Excess) - Home Vision Therapy Eye Exercises (B). [#hartchartdecoding #accommodativeinsufficiency #accommodativespasm #convergenceinsufficiency] 👁WARNING - This instructional video is NOT a substitute for diagnosis, examination, and/or treatment by a licensed optometrist or vision therapist. It is NOT a substitute for vision training / therapy program. Before performing this exercise, you should have a comprehensive binocular vision exam to find any vision issues that you might have. Please consult with your optometrist or vision therapist before performing this exercise. 👁 What materials are needed and where can you get them? • Hart Chart - • Hart Chart Decoding Worksheet - 👁What is the purpose of this exercise, what binocular vision dysfunctions can be treated with this exercise, and what important visual skills will this exercise improve for you?  - Repeated accurate performance of this exercise can . • Accommodative Spasm (Relaxing Accommodation) - improve the ability of your eyes to relax their focusing power while looking far away. Accommodative Spasm results in symptoms of blurred vision at distance after prolonged near work, headaches, eye fatigue, and possible double vision. • Accommodative Facility - improve the focusing flexibility of your eyes, helping you shift your focus quickly as you look at different distances.  Accommodative Infacility results in symptoms of blurred vision at distance and near after prolonged near work, headaches, eye fatigue, and possible double vision. • Oculomotor Functions (Saccades) - improve your eyes’ saccadic ability. Saccade is the tracking eye movement where the eyes accurately jump from one target to another. 👁What category of vision therapy exercise is this and how can it be modified? • MFBF (Monocular Fixation in a Binocular Field) - Category of vision therapy exercises where one eye fixates on a central field of vision while the other eye pays attention to the peripheral field of vision. Red-Green glasses along with Red and Green Acetate Overlays can be used to train both eyes. • Monocular - Category of vision therapy exercises where procedures are done with one eye patched or covered. Red-Green glasses will not be needed for this exercise. Simply cover one eye and follow the instructions. • Bi-Ocular - Category of vision therapy exercises where procedures are done with both eyes open. Each eye simultaneously sees a target under un-fused situation and the focus is alternately shifted between the targets. Vertical prism or Septum can be used to train both eyes. 👉 Binocular - Category of vision therapy exercises where procedures are done with both eyes open. Red-Green glasses or Red-Blue glasses as well as Red and Green Acetate Overlays are needed for this exercise. Simply, perform the procedures with both eyes open. 👁Visit to learn more about your eyes. 👁Add us on Facebook: 👁Add us on Instagram: 👁Vision Therapy Eye Exercise Instructional Videos are meant to help you (our patients that have previously undergone a Comprehensive Binocular Vision Evaluation) better understand the directions for each of your prescribed personalized Vision Therapy exercises that you need to perform each day. The purpose of these exercises are to train your eyes and your brain to better the visual skills that you need in your day to day activities. 👁Vision Therapy is a personalized progressive program of hundreds of vision exercises that can last several months or years, and is performed under the direct supervision of an Optometrist or a Vision Therapist. This exercise is ONE of the many eye exercises we do with our patients during vision therapy.