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We brought my son to a pediatric eye doctor today for his first full eye exam. The reason was that he is having a hard time with letter recognition and focusing on paperwork. The results were that he has 20/20 vision, but his eyes are not tracking properly. They said that he would need 10-15 weeks of vision therapy. We of course want the best for our son, however they said that insurance will not cover the 145.00 a session cost and like most people these days we struggle as it is. I want to make sure that this is something that is really going to help him, and not just one of those money making scams. When we asked if the therapy would correct the problem, they couldn’t give us a definite answer. They said more than likely it would help but there were no guarantees. For us to fathom spending almost 2000.00 in ten weeks on something that may or may not even help the problem is a hard concept to grasp. Has anyone else tried vision therapy? Has it worked for you?
I know I am being overly skeptical about the money scamming idea, but these days it seems like you have to be.
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Double vision maybe? Ask your son what he sees when he tries to read- when I was younger I’d have moments of double vision where I just saw double. My mom had me do eye exercises by holding a popsicle stick in front of my face and trying to keep it at one stick through different distances.
Get a second opinion from another ped. eye doctor.
It never hurts to get a second opinion. And frankly, I definitely would before committing to a $2000 bill.
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