For decades, children with amblyopia, or a “lazy-eye,” have been treated by wearing a patch over the stronger eye to strengthen the weaker one. The condition affects around 2-3 in every 100 children, making it a very common eye disease. New research suggests there may be another treatment option for children, and it’s more fun than wearing an eye patch for months. It involves watching 3 movies every week. Not just regular movies, but special “dichoptic” ones. During the movie, the kids wear 3D cinema glasses, which make each eye view an image with irregularly shaped blobs that mask different parts of the movie. The results of a trial with this special way of seeing a movie were surprising. By the end of the 2-week period, all children with amblyopia showed a significant improvement in visual activity.
Watching movies could help treat children with lazy eye
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