Randomized evaluation of spectacles plus alternate-day occlusion to treat amblyopia.

Purpose: To compare spectacles plus patching >or=8 hours daily 6 days a week with spectacles plus patching >or=8 hours on alternate days to treat amblyopia in children 4 to 5 years of age.

Design: Prospective, randomized clinical trial.

Participants: Forty children (median age, 4.

Treatment of anisometropic amblyopia with spectacles or in combination with translucent Bangerter filters.

Purpose: To compare spectacle correction alone with spectacle correction with Bangerter filters to treat anisometropic amblyopia in children.

Design: Prospective, randomized clinical trial.

Participants: Eighty children (mean age, 4.