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A Behavioural Optometrist is an Optometrist with extra training in binocular vision, Strabismus, Amblyopia and Visual/Spatial Perception. They are sometimes referred to as Neuro-Developmental Optometrists. Understanding Light, and the human-ness of that thing called Sight is a real challenge but Behavioural Optometrists have been doing this since 1930's and there is a lot of published research about it.
Their special training and therapies will open up new understanding about your Vision. For example strabismus is to be seen as a choice by the brain, and not a function of a muscle being too weak or too strong. Another example is Sports Vision Therapy where we create higher levels of efficiency and accuracy to give the winning edge. Many Olympic athletes have on-going Vision Therapy to maintain their competitive edge. If you just want to play a better round of Golf or get more 3-pointers in a basketball game you can surely understand how critical your visual judgement is to those precision skills.
At Shattky Optometrists when we discover these Problems of vision in Bright Kids who have Trouble with Reading, we refer to VisionLink.
What is Visionlink?
VisionLink is the Shattky Optometrists centre of Behavioural Optometry. It is here that we provide Optometric Vision Therapy (OVT) for Oculo Motor Dysfunction (OMD), Irlen Screenings and Irlen Tint Assessments for Irlen Syndrome.
VisionLink is Behavioural Optometry in Hawkes Bay, its here and its available.
Kiwi's know that good things take time, so come to us, have the tests done without feeling that you have been "rushed thru", and you'll know what we mean when we say "we take the time!"
Book appointmentKiwi's know that good things take time, so come to us, have the tests done without feeling that you have been "rushed thru", and you'll know what we mean when we say "we take the time!"
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