VividVisionSpotlights

Welcome to the Vivid Vision Spotlights podcast! On this episode we are joined by Dr. Alex Talaber, a functional optometrists and vision researcher at the Boulder Valley Vision Therapy clinic in Boulder, Colorado. Join us for a fascinating and insightful conversation on the cutting edge of vision therapy.

Show Notes

30: How Dr. Talaber became involved in vision therapy.

1:50 "There are 16 million people in the U.S without stereo vision."

2:50 Why is vision therapy not accessible to everyone in America?

4:41 Implementing Ocular movement training in schools can improve lives immensely.

6:40 How is technology changing the landscape for medical practitioners?

7:40 "How do we make vision therapy modern?"

9:40 What are the alternative paths to modernizing your VT practice in the 21st century.

13:00 Where are the limits of technology?

16:00 Life pro tips from Dr. Talaber for vision therapists and optometrists.

19:40 "Vivid Vision has been really monumental for me and my patients with strabismus."

21:20 What areas can Vivid Vision improve in?

23:00 How are adults reacting to Vivid Vision ?

25:00 What will vision therapy look like in 5 years.

27:30 What will it take for insurance companies to cover vision therapy?

30:00 Final thoughts and how to stay in touch with Dr. Talaber.

Connect with Dr. Talaber with the links below:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandratalaber/

https://www.bouldervt.com/2016/06/25/dr-alexandra-talaber-joins-boulder-valley-vision-therapy/

Welcome to the Vivid Vision spotlights podcast. Rebekah Nault joins us to share her and her son's experience using Vivid Vision.

Show Notes:

1:00 How did Rebekah find out about her son's binocular vision issues?

2:30 How Rebekah found about virtual reality vision therapy.

3:40 Conversations around the age of Rebekah's and Vivid Vision.

4:30 What changes has Rebekah noticed about her son since beginning VR vision therapy.

6:00 Was giving Vivid Vision a try a difficult decision?

7:30 How Vivid Vision impacted life at school and at home.

8:30 How can Vivid Vision improve in the future?

11:00 A young patient's perspective on Vivid Vision.

13:00 Why Ring Runner is Ben's favorite game.

12:30 What is Ben's least favorite Ben

14:00 What would be a dream game for Ben?

Thanks for listening.

Welcome to the Vivid Vision Spotlights podcast. On this episode we check in with the UVEA Clinic, the first clinic to adopt Vivid Vision! We are joined by Michal Krasnansky an optometrist at UVEA and Matej Borik UVEA's marketing manager.

Here is snippet of the things we talked about.

2:00 What does the state of vision therapy and optometry look like in Slovakia?

3:30 What will it take expand vision therapy in Slovakia?

5:00 How UVEA came in contact with VR and Vivid Vision in the first place.

6:40 Why would UVEA give Vivid Vision a try?

7:00 Vivid Vision's effect on the practice.

8:45 Amblyopic soccer player saw great improvement thanks to VT and VV.

13:00 What are the best and worst things about Vivid Vision?

-We're listening, we're working on more games. "

16:40 What will the future of vision therapy look like?

17:30 Final thoughts

Thanks very much to Mattej and Michael for coming on the show. Keep in touch with the links below:

https://www.uvea.sk/en/contact

https://www.uvea.sk/en/news/item/620-otvorili-sme-centrum-pre-liecbu-tupozrakosti

Thank you for listening!

Welcome to the Vivid Vision Spotlights podcast! Dr. Paul Harris returns to the show for part 4 of our 4 part saga, exploring every corner of vision therapy, join us! Dr. Harris is a professor at the Southern College of Optometry and the president of the Optometric Extension Program (OEP).

Here is a snippet of some of the things we discussed.

:30 Proper vision therapy might make all the difference in the world.

5:00 What would an Utopian future look like for vision therapy?

9:00 Creating VR experiences that combine 3D audio and 3D vision to activate more binocular neurons?

11:45 Would it be valuable to create activities that include other human sense like taste and smell in Vision therapy?

13:20 Closing thoughts

Thanks to Dr. Harris for coming on the show. Get in with him with the links below:

http://www.paulharrisod.com/

Welcome to the Vivid Vision Spotlights podcast! On this episode we are joined by Dr. Paul Harris for part 3 of our 4 part mini series. Dr. Harris is a professor at the Southern College of Optometry and the president of the Optometric Extension Program (OEP).

Here is a snippet of some of the things we discussed:

1:07 Dealing with slander against the profession of vision therapy.

3:00 What motivates one medical profession to attack another medical profession? Where does the bad blood from opthalmology towards optometry come from?

10:20 The economic consequences of bad vision in a society?

14:40 Significant percentage of the American prison population that was not properly diagnosed for vision ailments in elementary school.

Thanks to Dr. Harris for coming on the show. Get in touch with the links below:

http://www.paulharrisod.com/

Welcome to the Vivid Vision Spotlights podcast! On this episode we are joined by Dr. David Grisham a pediatric and developmental optometrists at the Vision Academy in San Francisco and a senior lecturer at the UC Berkeley School of Optometry. Join us for a fascinating and insightful conversation on the cutting edge of vision therapy.

45:00 Dr. Grishams journey through optometry.

1:00 Why is vision care important to Dr. Grisham?

3:00 Optometry is becoming more medical.

4:00 At what point is vision therapy no longer a viable option?

5:00 Dealing with medical professionals that might be skeptical about vision therapy.

6:00 Vision therapy results with patients are validating.

7:40 What exactly is happening in the brain when it undergoes vision therapy?

11:00 What will the future of vision therapy look like?

12:40 Adults with amblyopia might still have a chance at developing binocular vision.

15:00 What are the latest discoveries in vision care?

18:00 Closing thoughts.

Thanks very much to Dr. Grisham for coming on the show! Check out the links below to get in touch:

http://risingstaroptometry.com/doctor/david-grisham-od-ms-faao-fcovd-a/

http://risingstaroptometry.com/

Thanks for listening!

Welcome to our final episode in the 4 part mini series with Dr. Susan Barry, a neuro biologist and the author of Fixing my Gaze. Come learn and explore with us!

Here is a snippet of some of the things we discussed:

1:00 The role of brain imaging in discovering the most effective methods of treatment.

6:45 Dr. Barry's thought on the role of vision therapy in traumatic brain injury.

10:00 Combining 3D audio with Vivid Vision and it's impact on the binocular neurons.

15:10 Dr. Barry's hopes and dreams for the future of vision therapy.

17:30 "Vision therapy patients need to speak up more"

Thanks to Dr. Barry for joining us on the show. Keep in touch with her with the links below.

http://www.stereosue.com/

Thank you for listening!