Managing the Effects Screen Time Has on the Eyes
It is now understood that lifestyle factors may play a huge role in the health of our eyes, and particularly our children’s. And high on the list of these factors is spending too much time…
When Cataracts Close the Curtains on Your Vision
As we age, it may seem like everything in our lives dims down a bit. The family leaves home, and the clock no longer sounds its alarm at 5 or 6am for the school drop-off…
Patient Alert: Play Your Part in Ortho-K Myopia Treatment
As the Covid-19 virus pandemic continues to swathe paths of destruction and confusion around the world, it’s understandable that some actions related to “normal” life are overlooked. But Australian Fellow of the International Academy of…
Myopia Fellow Reacts to Nearsightedness of Survey Responses
Australian optometrist Gary Rodney responded strongly to the results of Australia’s first survey on myopia treatment which showed that more than half the respondents are still only using single vision distance (full correction) glasses to…
Study Debunks Claims That Contact Lenses Up Risk of COVID-19
A study carried out to determine the validity of recent reports suggesting contact lenses could increase the chances of healthy wearers being infected with Covid-19, has found no evidence that that is true. The study…
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How To Know If Your Child has Vision or Sight Problems?
When bringing up children, parents know what to expect when it comes to potty training, helping them to crawl, and then getting up and walking. They help them with speech, and warn them what not…
You Can See Signs of Coronavirus in Your Eyes
Medical and optometry sectors have been saying that our eyes reveal the presence of a wide range of diseases in our bodies for a long time. But it is the Coronavirus that’s currently circling the…
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Does Irlen Syndrome Vision Treatment Need Some Filtering?
Does Irlen Syndrome Vision Treatment Need Some Filtering? Statistics show that one out of two children and adults around the world with learning and perceptual problems are being diagnosed with Irlen Syndrome and treated accordingly….
New Ways to Cut Myopia Blur May Slow Down Epidemic, says Aussie Expert
Myopia, or nearsightedness, the visual impairment which causes people to have clear vision when viewing something close up, and see anything further away as a blur, has been affecting more and more people over the…
Optometrist Calls for More Focus on Vision in Children’s Eye Tests
Many optometrists, and Australian parents, are missing a very important factor when testing children’s eyes, according to Australian behavioural optometrist Gary Rodney. By focusing exclusively on eyesight and eye health and ignoring vision skills in…
Why We Use Virtual Reality
Written by Justine Tucker, Senior Vision Therapist If you google Virtual Reality and Vision Therapy you get tonnes of research, videos, publications, media links and case studies. If you want to know specifically about Vivid…
An Eye For Sports
Vision is much more than just seeing the ball flying at your face clearly. It is much more than seeing the ball, ducking and hoping for the best. Vision is the ability to see the…
Eyes on Riley
With our newest Smart Vision team member now being 11 months old, we thought it was time to update you on her vision skills. Just like Riley has needed to learn to crawl, walk and talk,…
How much do we know about myopia prevention?
We are proud to announce that our head optometrist and founder of the Smart Vision Group, Gary Rodney, has sat his exams and successfully been awarded a fellowship by the International Academy of Orthokeratology and Myopia…
M-eye Head Hurts
According to Headache Australia, about 15% of the population suffers from migraines; that is 2 million Australians experiencing debilitating headaches characterised by nausea, light sensitivity and visual disturbances. Pretty scary stuff! M-EYE HEAD HURTS Migraines…
Toe Walkers: How vision therapy can save your feet
Toe walkers are those brilliant tiny people that begin walking as we all do – on tiptoes, so they can reach up and get at things that they probably should not be touching. However, due to…
DYSLEXIA: How Much is Related to the Eyes?
There is an astounding amount of research showing coincidence of learning difficulties and dyslexia, and vision symptoms and problems. DYSLEXIA We see vision as different to sight. It is the bit that happens in the brain…
The myopia boom – Are your glasses making your eyes worse?
Are you concerned that your child’s eyes keep getting worse year after year? It’s not without a reason. But there is something you can do to change this pattern and escape the statistics. THE MYOPIA…
The one thing you didn’t know about chocolate
It may be hard to believe, but Easter is just around the corner. Never mind the fact that it feels like yesterday we were making New Year’s resolutions, it seems like time flies when you…
Eye Have Anxiety
Over two million Australians live with anxiety, impacting their wellbeing, personal relationships, career and productivity. Anxiety affects 1 in 3 women and 1 in 5 men, making it the most common mental health condition in this country [1]. EYE…
Ready, set, go! How do you know if your child is ready for school?
The transition from preschool to big school is exactly that…BIG. It is a significant change for the child and the family. It is an achievement to be considered, conquered and celebrated. It is a new…
It’s pollen season! How does it affect your eyes?
Well, it’s that time of year and if you are anything like our dear Brian here at Thompson Larter Smart Vision Optometry, then you are probably sniffling your way through life with leaking eyes right…
What is screen time doing to your eyes?
At the end of a long day, after hours staring at a computer screen, your eyes are exhausted. You try your best to step away from the screen, but it doesn’t take long until you…
Making the world a more colourful place
Colour blindness is not something many of us think about much. In fact, it seems a pretty harmless and basic thing to have. I mean, if you are going to have something “wrong with you”,…
Choosing Children’s Eyewear: Annalise’s Story
As if the day to day trials and tribulations of parenthood aren’t challenge enough, let’s add another into the mix – choosing glasses for your child AND getting he or she to want to wear…
Don’t be in the dark about Macular Degeneration
Next week is Macular Degeneration Awareness Week, an annual campaign initiated by Macular Disease Foundation Australia to raise awareness of the risk factors and symptoms of macular degeneration and to encourage all Australians at risk of…
Love What You Do
“It is a beautiful thing when a career and a passion come together” ~ Unknown If you had the chance to change someone’s life for the better, would you do it? If you had the…
Video Games – A look at interactive media’s effect on our vision
As technology integrates itself further into our daily lives, video games have also become a very prevalent past time for young and old alike. With its relatively rapid growth in popularity, the effect of games…
Fantastic Neuroplastic: The power of our great grey matter
Safely tucked away within your skull is one of the most remarkable, complex organs in your body – your brain! Although there is much we are yet to discover about the brain, scientists have revealed…
Reading is not scary anymore (and high achievers)
“Reading is not scary anymore” – we normally expect to hear this statement at the end of a vision training program. Would you expect it from a child, one who has had difficulty progressing with…