We earlier reported that video games could improve the vision of adults with amblyopia. Now a new study in a population consisting of children aged 10 to 18 has found that the combination of video games and standard amblyopia treatment has a better effect on vision improvement than standard amblyopia treatment alone (i.e. blocking the stronger eye for a few hours a day with a patch).
It has always been generally accepted that if amblyopia is not diagnosed and corrected before children are about 8 years old, there is no practical treatment to improve the vision of the lazy eye later in life. But it turns out that improvements can be made after kids have reached the school starting age. And why wouldn’t we treat kids with a treatment we know they will love?!