{"id":43080,"date":"2025-06-11T10:09:48","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T10:09:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naturaleyecare.com\/?post_type=vision&#038;p=43080"},"modified":"2026-03-31T13:08:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T13:08:18","slug":"binocular-conditions","status":"publish","type":"vision","link":"https:\/\/naturaleyecare.com\/eye-conditions\/binocular-conditions\/","title":{"rendered":"Binocular Conditions"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"43080\" class=\"elementor elementor-43080\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e24ffb7 e-con-full e-flex cmsmasters-block-default e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e24ffb7\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-106ca24 cmsmasters-block-default cmsmasters-sticky-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"106ca24\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/naturaleyecare.com\/eye-conditions\/amblyopia\/\">Amblyopia<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/naturaleyecare.com\/eye-conditions\/binocular-conditions\/convergence-insufficiency\">Convergence insufficiency<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/naturaleyecare.com\/eye-conditions\/strabismus\/\">Strabismus<\/a><\/p><p>Binocular disorders are a group of conditions in which the two eyes have difficulty tracking in sync with each other. We humans have a wide angle of view; we have precise depth perception; and we are able to identify very faint objects. About 20% of the population has some form of binocular imbalance. As many as 56% of those aged 18\u201338 have some form of binocular limitation, which may be so mild that it is not apparent without testing. The causes range from insufficient development of the vision system in early childhood, to genetically-based nervous-system impairments, to injury, and even to aging.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b55b528 cmsmasters-block-default cmsmasters-sticky-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b55b528\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Vision therapists define various eye movements and orientations systematically as follows:<\/p><ul><li>Exophoria is when the eyes tend to diverge away from the centerline of vision.<\/li><li>Esophoria is when the eyes tend to converge toward the center axis of vision.<\/li><li>Convergence means that the two eyes simultaneously look inward.<\/li><li>Accommodation is the ability of the eye to focus, linked to convergence by a reflex.<\/li><li>Fusion refers to the ability of the visual cortex to convert two images, one input from each eye, into one viewed image.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4157558 e-con-full e-flex cmsmasters-block-default e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4157558\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86297cc cmsmasters-block-default cmsmasters-sticky-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"86297cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Binocular Vision Disorders\n<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be606d8 cmsmasters-block-default cmsmasters-sticky-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"be606d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Amblyopia\u00a0<\/b>is the most common type of binocular disorder in which one eye takes in less information than the other.<\/p>\n\n<p><b>Strabismus<\/b>\u00a0is another binocular disorder in which one eye is misaligned, relative to the other, in a variety of ways. Strabismus can cause amblyopia.<\/p>\n\n<p><b>Convergence insufficiency<\/b>\u00a0occurs when the eyes have difficulty holding a point of convergence while doing close work. They tend to drift outwards resulting in blurred or double vision.<\/p>\n\n<p><b>Accommodative insufficiency<\/b>\u00a0simply means that the eye is unable to focus or maintain focus.<\/p>\n\n<p><b>Accommodative infacility<\/b>\u00a0means that the eye has difficulty changing focus rapidly enough for comfortable functioning.<\/p>\n\n<p><b>Fusional vergence dysfunction<\/b>\u00a0is the inability to efficiently utilize and\/or sustain binocular vision. One diagnostic clue is that the patient will have difficulty using several types of vision therapy prisms. There are positive (convergence) and negative (divergence) types of this disorder.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42ac775 cmsmasters-block-default cmsmasters-sticky-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"42ac775\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Complementary Approach\n<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5d4483 cmsmasters-block-default cmsmasters-sticky-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a5d4483\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNutrients and diet can help support overall vision health, but they do not replace the need for vision therapy or recommended procedures.\n<ul>\n \t<li><b>Key self help tips<\/b>\u00a0Maintain good vision with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/naturaleyecare.com\/eye-disease-prevention\/preventing-eye-disease\/\">eye disease prevention pointers<\/a><\/li>\n \t<li><b>If you are a computer user<\/b>, please review our section on\u00a0<a class=\"text\" href=\"https:\/\/naturaleyecare.com\/eye-conditions\/computer-eye-strain\/\">computer vision syndrome<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee20660 cmsmasters-block-default cmsmasters-sticky-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ee20660\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Binocular Conditions News<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cee40d cmsmasters-block-default cmsmasters-sticky-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6cee40d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Want to learn more? See our blog\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/naturaleyecare.com\/?s=binocular\">posts on binocular conditions<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amblyopia\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Convergence insufficiency\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Strabismus Binocular disorders are a group of conditions in which the two eyes have difficulty tracking in sync with each other. We humans have a wide angle of view; we have precise depth perception; and we are able to identify very faint objects. 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