Today, many professional and Olympic athletes use sports vision therapy programs to give themselves an extra competitive edge by sharpening their vision skills. The length of time required to complete a vision therapy program varies. A typical therapy program may take from a few weeks to several months. The cost of a vision therapy program depends on the number of in-office sessions per week, the length of each session and the amount of time it takes to achieve the patient s desired results. The cost can range from several hundred dollars to a few thousand.
Vision therapy is covered by most major medical and other insurance plans.
A. State laws stipulate that vision therapy is part of the practice of optometry. About half of optometrists today provide vision therapy services. Some limit their practice to it but most offer it as a specialty within a general practice. Recently, people calling themselves vision therapists have appeared on the scene. These people are not optometrists.