What are the best digital treatments for amblyopia?

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In the last decade several digital methods emerged in amblyopia treatments, in cooperation or in substitution of occlusion therapy.

These methods can be based on:

Dicopthic presentation (different images presented to each eye);

Perceptual learning (tasks to improve visual skills);

Visual stimulations.

All available digital tratments  are home-based. Solutions can be software based or cloud-based, other need special hardware or VR headsets.

Here you can find a survey of the digital treatments available in the market.

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• Bynocs is a patented dichoptic therapy that uses anaglyphs and a patented software to let the strong eye view images at a lower level of contrast.
• It offers three cloud-based videogames and exercises for fusional vergences, to perform at home or in clinic
• The speed and the levels of contrasts of the games are customized
• It is recommended to use it for 30-40 minutes, at least 5 times a week. A good result can be expected in 6-8 week
• It contains an exercises based diagnosis of the amblyopia severity
• It offers a dedicated optometrist to consult on zoom
• It is dedicated to both kids and adults

• Caterna Vision Therapy is a complementary method to occlusion therapy to overcome the lack of compliance
• It is dedicated to amblyopic children from 4 to 12 years
• The child can play from home choosing from 9 different videogames with different levels depending on age and skills
• The strong eye is patched during use
• During the games, the weak eye is exposed to a dynamic sinusoidal black and white pattern that stimulates the neural connection between the amblyopic eye and the visual cortex in the brain
• Caterna Vision Therapy is a CE-certified class 1 (EU) medical treatment and should be prescribed by a medical eye care professional
• The therapy lasts 12 weeks
• It is recommended a control examination after 6 weeks
• It is counterindicated to epileptic children

• CureSee Vision Therapy is a patented dichoptic therapy through anaglyphs
• It offers a wide range of software-based exercises to perform at home, even without clinical prescription
• The results of the exercises are monitored on remote to personalize the therapy triggering adaptive learning
• It is dedicated to amblyopic patients of all ages

• Vivid Vision is a dichoptic therapy system through VR
• Different images of different intensity and contrasts are delivered to the two eyes during interactive gamesDifferent images of different intensity and contrasts are delivered to the two eyes during interactive games
• A standard treatment is sessions of 2 h/week for 10 weeks leads to results comparable to patching
• Available for different VR headsets (Oculus Rift, Oculus Quest, HTC Vive and DPVR P1 Pro
• Requires direct supervision from a licensed eye care professional
• It is dedicated to amblyopic patients of all ages
• It contains exercises for strabismus and convergence insufficiency