These glasses are usually prescribed for just reading and the glasses must be removed for seeing the board. With very young children who would have trouble removing and putting on the glasses many times each day, bifocals can be prescribed. A bifocal allows the child to wear the glasses at all times while in school. Often eyeglasses alone are not sufficient to completely solve eyeteaming problems. Although the glasses may provide some relief the symptoms of the eyeteaming problem persist and another form of treatment must be used.
Orthoptic therapy is a treatment approach which involves weekly office visits.
During these visits carefully selected and sequenced activities are practiced by the patient. This treatment restores normal strength, flexibility and function to the eyeteaming system and can lead to complete relief of all symptoms. The success of orthoptic therapy has been well documented in the scientific literature. Here the patient's care is managed by both a pediatric ophthalmologist, Dr. Lee Klombers , and a pediatric optometrist, Dr. Mitchell Scheiman . This is one of the few practices in the country in which both specialists work together as a team.