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Exciting New Research Regarding Lazy Eye in Children
New research on lazy eye, or amblyopia, indicates that new treatments can help children (and adults) of any age.
If your child has “lazy eye” or amblyopia, you may have been told that there’s no effective treatment for children over the age of eight. This is based on a long-held, but incorrect, belief that older children and adults can’t be treated because they’re outside the “critical period.”
Recent research indicates otherwise. Not only can older children and adults be treated, but there is also a new body of research that indicates other treatments besides patching alone have proven to be effective in correcting lazy eye.
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