The Influence of Binocular Vision Symptoms on Computerized Neurocognitive Testing of Adolescents With Concussion.

Binocular vision disorders are commonly found postconcussion and associated with high symptom burden. We investigated the relationship between binocular vision symptoms and neurocognitive test performance. Thirty-four adolescents with concussion and 18 without concussion were assessed for cognitive performance using the CogState Brief Battery.

Effect of treatment of symptomatic convergence insufficiency on reading in children: a pilot study.

Background: To evaluate the impact of treatment of symptomatic convergence insufficiency using office-based vergence/accommodative therapy on reading skills in children.

Methods: Children (n = 44) ages nine to 17 years with symptomatic convergence insufficiency were administered the following four reading tests: Wechsler Individual Achievement Test II; Test of Word Reading Efficiency; Test of Silent Word Reading Fluency; and the Gray Oral Reading Test, at baseline and eight weeks after completion of a 16-week program of office-based vergence/accommodative therapy. To determine whether significant change occurred with therapy, change in performance was compared to zero.

Water Exposure is a Common Risk Behavior Among Soft and Gas-Permeable Contact Lens Wearers.

Purpose: To understand soft contact lens (SCL) and gas-permeable (GP) lens wearers' behaviors and knowledge regarding exposure of lenses to water.

Methods: The Contact Lens Risk Survey (CLRS) and health behavior questions were completed online by a convenience sample of 1056 SCL and 85 GP lens wearers aged 20 to 76 years. Participants were asked about exposing their lenses to water and their understanding of risks associated with these behaviors.

Parental history of myopia, sports and outdoor activities, and future myopia.

Purpose: To identify whether parental history of myopia and/or parent-reported children's visual activity levels can predict juvenile-onset myopia.

Methods: Survey-based data from Orinda Longitudinal Study of Myopia subjects from 1989 to 2001 were used to predict future myopia. Univariate and multiple logistic regression analyses were performed, and receiver operator characteristic (ROC) curves were generated.