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Alaska Blind Child Discovery

A cooperative, charitable research project to vision screen every preschool Alaskan
 

Amblyopia

 
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Definition of Amblyopia: potentially permanent deficiency of brain vision learning.

Treatment of Amblyopia: Refractive Correction, Patching and Penalization

Shield Occluder for non-compliant patch patients

The purpose of Vision Screening is detection of conditions that lead to amblyopia early enough that treatment will be effective.

Alaskan children with amblyopia can be enrolled in Amblyopia Treatment Studies (ATS) sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) because Dr. Arnold is an investigator in the Pediatric Eye Disease Investigator Group (PEDIG).

 

 
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Kinetics of Amblyopia Acuity with treatment and devlopment.
Amblyopia Resembles Drowning
 
   
 
       
 
       
 
       
 
       
 
       

 

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