Reaching 20/20 with Vision Therapy: Vision Therapy in Managing Moderate Refractive Amblyopia after Patching

Refractive amblyopia is typically managed with a full correction of the refractive error followed by monocular occlusion in unilateral cases until visual acuity has plateaued. However, there is less emphasis on recovery or improvement of stereopsis as well as other visual functions. Moreover, there often remains some reduction in visual acuity even after a full course of patching. This case explores some of the benefits and clinical and subjective changes observed when vision therapy is implemented as a further course of management after the cessation of patching. The benefits of vision therapy in promoting binocularity, visual acuity, and stereoacuity is discussed.