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During our last blog "Oculomotor Dysfunction Following an Acquired Brain Injury," we discussed an article that reported 90% of traumatic brain injury patients and 86.7% of stroke patients experienced vision problems classified as oculomotor dysfunction. This week we will discuss how the various types of oculomotor dysfunction can be treated and rehabilitated.  Fortunately there are multiple treatment options available to patients, some of which you may already be familiar with and others that you may not have heard of yet.

You may be surprised to find out that 90% of the traumatic brain injury patients and 86.7% of the stroke patients experience a vision problem that can be classified as oculomotor dysfunction.

These vision problems can result in double vision, blurry vision, difficulty following/tracking targets, oculomotor-related reading problems, and eye discomfort. Despite the presence of oculomotor dysfunction, many of these patients are still able to see 20/20 on the eye chart and have eyes that are deemed “healthy”.