Patient Success Stories

As part of their vision therapy at Vision and Learning Center, children are presented with a paper that allows them to talk about what they got out of their therapy sessions. That is what you will find below - testimonials from actual patients in their own words.

"Vision therapy has helped my child in school in a variety of ways. She is able to use the skills taught in vision therapy to help her throughout the school day. The compensatory techniques, in addition to the strengthening of the eye muscles, make her days at school easier on her. She now knows how to overcome her vision limitations. Throughout nine months of therapy, all of her obstacles were addressed, and she showed improvement in all areas. She also now has the confidence to talk to her teachers about what she needs. Vision therapy greatly improved by child’s vision."

"Vision therapy has been a blessing for me these past 7 months. I never realized how much work goes into maintaining your vision! This has been rough, but also really fun! I have realized an improvement in all aspects of my vision and am eternally grateful for finding Betsy, Amanda, and Dr. Malikkal. I appreciate everything you all do. Thank you so much for helping me become a better student and a better person."

"Samantha’s eye muscles have grown stronger in our time here at the Vision and Learning Center. With the daily practice, in addition to our weekly visits, she has noticed that her eyes are working better together, and they don’t fatigue like they used to. She noticed the difference in about 4 months and was able to verbalize what an impact it made with her ability to stay focused and read both in and outside of the classroom. We were stunned by the progress and gains made at each of her reevaluations. Vision therapy required a lot of effort on our part, but the benefits were worth it."

"Before vision therapy, I could barely read for 15 minutes without having the page become blurry and the words split into two. I could not do most of my homework because reading that much made my head want to explode. Now I can read a 200-page book in 2 days without any of the pages becoming blurry and the words splitting into two. I can do my summer work with barely any problem. My life has gotten so much easier and a lot less painful. Thank you so much!"

"Before vision therapy, I had some struggles with skipping small words, some blurry words when I read books. I get tired after a short amount of reading and get headaches after a while. In the last 6 months, all of these things have improved. Now I also feel I do better at things than I did before and it makes me do better in school. Now my grades are up and my eyes feel better."

"Vision therapy has made my eyes stronger and I am able to do more things better. I can read better now because my eyes are stronger and work together, My right eye is a little stronger now and does not drift out anymore. My eyes are not as blurry anymore either. It has really helped me a lot. Thank you to my great vision team for helping me!"

"Vision therapy has helped me in so many ways. I no longer have to read using my fingers as guidance. My memory is also much better - it's almost as good as it was before my concussion. Vision therapy has also helped me extend the amount of time in which I can read. Thankfully my balance is much better thanks to therapy. My eyes don’t get tired easily after reading for a long time or when I’m on the computer for a while. Everyone was so helpful to me throughout this whole journey. I feel like myself again for the first time since my concussion and I am very happy."

"Vision therapy has allowed me to enjoy school again. Before vision therapy, I used to dread going to school every morning because I was afraid other kids were going to make fun of me when the teacher asked me to read out loud because sometimes words weren’t clear to me. It would take me a while to figure out the word because I could not see it clearly. Vision therapy has also helped me improve in all subjects at school (Especially MATH!) Before I was struggling a lot because in elementary school we used to take fast math tests and I would get signs mixed up and then get most of the problems wrong. I am so glad I came to vision therapy because not only has it helped with all my subjects but I made honor roll twice for both marking periods. I feel proud of myself and feel like I have come a long way."