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Letter Reversals Indicating Visual Problems?

When a child older than age seven still confuses and reverses letters, such as “b’s” for “d’s” and “p’s” for “q’s,” parents often wonder what can be done to correct this. Letter reversals can be a worrisome sign because it…
Excessive Digital Screen Time Causes Vision Problems in Children

Since the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown measures, there’s been a dramatic increase in digital screen time applications, particularly with children in their new learning environments. For example, in our clinical locations, we regularly hear from parents of children in elementary…
Visual Problems Left Her Fearing Unemployment after Car Accident

When someone experiences a sudden bump, blow, or jolt to the head, often a concussion diagnosis follows. Those with a concussion frequently experience several visual problems. In fact, over 50% of patients with a concussion have visual problems that cause…
Any Child Frustrated with Reading Needs this Testing

Every child who enters the classroom at the beginning of the school year does so with a sense of hope that they will do well. However, that hopefulness can soon be shattered and turn into frustration when they begin to…
Helping to teach our next generation of Doctors in vision and reading problems

A special thank you goes out to MCO Professor, Dr. Mark Swan, for the opportunity to provide a lecture to the 3rd year students at Michigan’s College of Optometry. On Friday, November 1, 2019, it was a beautiful day to…
Short Stories: Patients Advocate for Vision Therapy

Vision Problems Following a Head Injury By: Eugene I came to vision therapy after complications from a head injury and being referred by my doctor, I was skeptical at first. I did not feel it was going to help me…
THE RIPPLE EFFECT – ONE PATIENT DESCRIBES HIS VISION THERAPY JOURNEY

By: Minho My most prominent experience with the ripple effect happened a little bit over a year ago… For my entire life, I’ve taken things for granted. My ability to eat copious amounts of food, breathing, being born in a…
Enhancing Academic Success With Vision Therapy | Peyton’s Story

When a child struggles in school, the reason is not always apparent.
If your child is struggling in school, tell your eye doctor.

When it comes to your child who has had a rough year at school in reading and learning, the evidence is clear, it is essential that your child is given a comprehensive eye health and vision evaluation.
Looking Forward to Parent-Teacher Conferences

In this vision therapy success story, Bailey & Andy explain their daughter’s vision therapy journey and how Wow Vision Therapy treated Reese’s Oculomotor Dysfunction. “Reese was graduating from Occupation Therapy at Memorial Children’s Therapy Center at the end of summer…
Amblyopia / Lazy Eye – No Patches, No Drops

At Wow Vision Therapy, we provide our patients with the most advanced patch-free treatment for Amblyopia (Lazy Eye) and age is not a barrier to success. If you or your child has amblyopia and you’ve been told the only treatment…
Teacher Reported Great Gains

Robert initially was thought to have acuity issues at his well-child exam. He was then referred to an Optometrist, who then diagnosed him with Convergence Insufficiency. He could see 20/20. He had always struggled to read at grade level. He…
Treating Amblyopia with 3-D Virtual Reality

Imagine the day when there will be effective “no eye-patch treatment for adults as well as children with amblyopia? In this video you will see that day is NOW at Wow Vision Therapy. Amblyopia, otherwise coined “lazy eye” is a…
Specialized treatment comes to Grand Rapids for children who struggle from vision and learning problems

One in 12 children struggle with serious vision problems that cause reading and learning problems yet those same children will pass the standard vision tests. Collin is one of these children who endured the struggle with frustration and lowself-esteem, but with…
A young girl’s life of frustration when misdiagnosed with ADD

Frustrating? Yes. Upsetting? Of course! When a bright young lady has struggled for years at school, only to be assumed she had ADD. And just because her teacher suggested her behavior was probably ADD does not mean her teacher was…
Advanced Amblyopia Treatment at Michigan College of Optometry

Amblyopia (Lazy Eye) affects 1 in 30 children worldwide! In this short video take a look at Clinical Professor, Dr. Dan Fortenbacher as he lectured to the students and faculty at Michigan College of Optometry (MCO) on July 26, 2013.…
Wow Vision Therapy: Using Skype to Treat Patients Long-Distance

Using Skype to help a long distance patient have access to care is an emerging new technology at Wow Vision Therapy. In this short video, we show our patient James and his parents, Joel and Gina, and their 700 mile…
Who is the VisionHelp Group?
Watch this short video to learn about VisionHelp, a group of developmental optometrists who are focused on raising awareness for developmental vision and vision therapy! Our very own founder of Wow Vision Therapy, Dr. Dan Fortenbacher, O.D, FCOVD has been…
Vision and Learning – What every parent should know

A brand new and uniquely informative video from some of the leading US experts in the field of developmental vision who speak about the human brain and how vision problems can lead to reading and learning problems. This video also…
Lindsey Stull, O.D., FCOVD – Congratulations for her Board Certification
Wow Vision Therapy would like to acknowledge our Clinic Director, Dr. Lindsey Stull (center) in her recent accomplishment of attaining Board Certification in Developmental Vision and Vision Therapy through the College of Optometrists in Vision Development (COVD) during the COVD…