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Atropine Plus Patching Ups Visual Acuity in Amblyopic Eye

Visual acuity of the affected eye improved more with atropine plus patching than patching alone in children with severe amblyopia

Children with amblyopia have significantly lower mean peer acceptance and physical competence scores at age 3 to 7 years

Lower Self-Perception Observed in Children With Amblyopia

Mean peer acceptance, physical competence scores lower at ages 3 to 7 compared with controls
A home-based binocular falling-blocks video game does not improve visual outcomes more than placebo for children and adults with unilateral amblyopia

Binocular Video Game Doesn’t Up Visual Function in Amblyopia

No significant improvement in mean amblyopic eye visual acuity compared with placebo video game
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends screening 3- to 5-year-old children for amblyopia

USPSTF Recommends Amblyopia Screening for 3- to 5-Year-Olds

Inadequate evidence is available to assess benefits and harms of screening in those younger than 3
A novel contrast-rebalance paradigm of daily-activity-based dichoptic training with an augmented reality platform appears beneficial for adults with monocular anisometropic amblyopia

ARVO: Dichoptic Augmented-Reality Treats Adult Amblyopia

After six-week contrast-rebalance AR training the stereopsis of all 15 patients was reestablished
Does playing video games on an iPad work better than standard eye patching for improving vision in children with amblyopia? Two new studies published online in JAMA Ophthalmology reach seemingly contradictory answers.

Using iPads to Treat Amblyopia Produces Mixed Results

Benefits seen but no clear, long-term advantages to binocular gaming over patching
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AAO: Electronic Glasses May Be New Option in Amblyopia Tx

Programmable electronic glasses block vision in good eye every 30 seconds
Passive viewing of dichoptic feature films is feasible and could treat childhood amblyopia

Dichoptic Movies Aid Childhood Amblyopia

Visual acuity improved; no change in interocular suppression or stereoacuity