CURESIGHT: NOW AT A CHARLESTON VISION CLINIC
Brighter Outlook Vision, located in Charleston, is proud to be one of the few providers of CureSight in South Carolina. We know that each patient deserves individual consideration and a unique program of care tailored to their specific needs. For patients with amblyopia, we are happy to add CureSight in our tool belt along with vision therapy and advanced lens prescribing to provide the best program for each individual. Because when it comes to our vision, it is not a one-size fits all approach!
Amblyopia (lazy-eye) affects 3-6% of the population (about 1 in 25 people) causing limiting symptoms and putting the patients at risk for eventual vision loss. In the past, patching the strong eye was used to help the lazy eye, but patching is less effective for many reasons. Recent studies have shown that CureSight and/or vision therapy are more effective treatments.
Your child might have amblyopia if they:
- Noticeably favor one eye
- Tend to bump into objects on one side
- Have poor depth perception
- Have difficulty judging distances
- Have difficulty catching and throwing objects
- Are especially clumsy
- Squint or shut an eye when trying to see something
- Have a head turn or tilt
- Have eye strain
- Fatigue with near work
CureSight is an FDA cleared eye tracking based system designed for remote binocular vision treatment in pediatric patients (aged 4 to 9 years) suffering from amblyopia. CureSight is a fun and engaging treatment in which the child is being treated while watching any streamed content of choice at the comfort of his home, under the remote supervision of an eye care provider (ECP) and CureSight’s Monitoring Center.
“If you can find something [like CureSight] that the child is actually going to be excited about doing, and rest assured patching is not that thing, then the kids improve.”
How does it work?
The CureSight is a digital eye tracking based lazy eye treatment using a special device and red-blue treatment glasses. The device will be shipped to your home by the CureSight Monitoring Center and will be collected from your house at the end of the treatment.
The treatment is carried out while the child watches any streamed content of choice in the comfort of their home, under the remote supervision of an eye care provider and a dedicated Monitoring Center.
By tracking the gaze position of both eyes in real-time, the CureSight system blurs the center of vision of the dominant eye and provides the lazy eye with a normal sharp image. This stimulates the visual system to use the information coming from the lazy eye to process the fine details, improving its acuity and developing stereoacuity as the eyes learn to work together.
Feedback is provided to eye care providers and to the clinical team at the CureSight Monitoring Center via a dedicated web portal including real-time remote compliance monitoring.
During the treatment period, the Monitoring Center tracks the patient’s compliance and makes sure the treatment is going according to the treatment regimen. The Monitoring Center provides remote training and technical support and will call the patient’s guardians to encourage compliance in case required.
If you suspect that you or a loved one have amblyopia, they should be evaluated by a developmental optometrist to prevent the lifelong struggles that come with amblyopia. A developmental optometrist, like Dr. Jesse Willingham, can diagnose them during a thorough evaluation that goes beyond a routine eye exam. This additional testing allows the doctor to fully understand the underlying problem and better address the issue. Based on the diagnosis, he can recommend a treatment that best meets the patient’s needs.
Connect with Brighter Outlook Vision if you have any questions or want to learn more about how we can potentially help you or a loved one.
