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1) Eyegames: Easy and Fun Visual Exercises: An OT and Optometrist Offer Activities to Enhance Vision!
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Developing healthy visual‑motor abilities is more difficult in the complex stimulus of today's world than ever before. Our visual experiences can be overwhelmed by the vast complexity of artificial colors and sounds which did not exist in our ancestors' lives. Much more time is spent indoors, exposed to a myriad of unnatural colors, movement and imagery. We hibernate inside, interacting with machines instead of being out in the sunlight, looking...
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This book begins with a promise: people with severe vision loss can be trained and equipped to function as sighted. The author, himself legally blind for 30 years, fulfills that promise with precise information and guidance on improving life through visual rehabilitation. The book explains fundamental facts about eyes and vision, including the causes and varieties of blindness, and then moves on to the new skills the partially sighted person must...
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With a focus on giving those diagnosed with macular degeneration the necessary information to make sound treatment choices, this reference aims to answer patients' questions and ease their anxiety. The book provides information on the symptoms, causes, and emotional impact of macular degeneration; how the disease is diagnosed; choosing the right physician; and how to adapt the home and workplace to be eye friendly. In addition, it outlines the newest...
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Ce livre est un roman initiatique et « gourmand » lié aux 22 Arcanes du Tarot de Marseille représentant chacune une étape dans notre évolution spirituelle. À l'occasion de ses 40 ans, Elie, reçoit une magnifique canne créée par l'artiste belge Pierre Vanherck. Sur le pommeau, se trouve une roue astrologique, un peu plus bas, sur la trompette, on y voit, l'étoile du Berger, la Grande et la Petite Ourse, une pluie d'étoiles filantes ainsi...
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Better Eyesight Without Glasses is not only the definitive source for the classic Bates Method, it is in itself a remarkable phenomenon. Dr. William H. Bates's revolutionary and entirely commonsensical theory of self-taught improved eyesight has helped hundreds of thousands of people to triumph over normal defects of vision without the mechanical aid of eyeglasses. If you think that your eyesight could be made better by natural methods, you are right.
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"Better Eyesight for Busy People" is a collection of 12 easy but effective eye exercises, based on the Bates Method for Better Eyesight Without Glasses which was started in America by Dr William Horatio Bates MD (1860–1931). The exercises, which have been compiled by Gillian Snoxall, are aimed at busy people (especially those over the age of 40) who would like to improve their eyesight naturally but who do not have time to wade through acres of...
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Based on his expertise accumulated in Personal Functional Training, Paolo Garizio presents his method "Vision Training" with the aim of helping those affected by nearsightedness to improve and eventually to fully regain their perfect vision. The fast and effective approach described in the book is the result of insights the author tried on his own with the purpose of correcting bad habits that in time revealed to be the main root causes at the basis...
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"Look and look again . . . at the sense which lets us see: Sight! Award-winning authors and artists Romana Romanyshyn and Andriy Lesiv achieve a remarkable fusion of a far-reaching scientific and historical exploration of the phenomenon of sight with a philosophic reflection on its nature. A stunning sequence of rich infographics provoke the reader to look . . . learn . . . and think"--
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Die Augen vieler Menschen sind in unserer modernen Informationsgesellschaft einseitig beansprucht und häufig überlastet. Weltweit nehmen Fehlsichtigkeiten dramatisch zu, 80 Prozent aller Jugendlichen in Großstädten sind inzwischen kurzsichtig. Sogenannte Alterserkrankungen wie grauer Star, grüner Star oder Makula-Degeneration breiten sich aus. Wie kann man mit einfachen Mitteln Sehbeschwerden vorbeugen und den Augen Gutes tun?
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Having cataract surgery? Nearly 3 million Americans who have cataracts removed each year. In fact, it's the most commonly performed surgery in the nation. And, the numbers are expected to increase--by the year 2020, nearly 30 million Americans will have cataracts. Even though cataract surgery is a common procedure, you may find yourself feeling anxious about an operation on your eye. Ophthalmologists Paul E. Garland, M.D. and Bret L. Fisher, M.D.,...
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The Cure of Imperfect Sight by Treatment Without Glasses by William Horatio Bates. A brilliant book written by an eye-surgeon for the masses.
William Horatio Bates (1860—1931) was an American physician who practiced ophthalmology and developed what became known as the Bates Method for better eyesight, a method intended to improve vision by undoing a supposed habitual strain to see. The book contains findings after decades of research and experimental...
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Este trabajo desarrolla un tema fundamental en el campo de la optometría pediátrica: la ambliopía, que es la limitación visual más común en la infancia (Rutstein y Daum, 1998) y afecta entre el 2,0% y el 2,5% de la población (Con No. orden, 1995). Reconocer esta realidad es responsabilidad del optómetra en su ejercicio profesional, tanto en acciones de prevención como de manejo y tratamiento. Se parte del desarrollo del sistema visual asociado...
14) 2 libros en 1 - Cuida tu vista: Visión natural + Mejora tu visión de forma natural con ejercicios
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¿QUIERES MEJORAR TU VISTA CON EJERCICIOS EN CASA Y DEJAR DE USAR LAS GAFAS CON EL MÉTODO BATES? El estilo de vida actual, que nos obliga a hacer un uso excesivo de la vista de cerca (uso de ordenadores, televisión, móviles, trabajo de oficina, lectura…), hace que muchas personas tengan frecuentemente problemas de visión como miopía, astigmatismo, hipermetropía… Sin embargo, al igual que cualquier otra parte del cuerpo, el ojo puede ejercitarse...
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Cataracts and age-related muscular degeneration are the most common vision-threatening eye diseases. Both interfere with vision and many lead to blindness. Yet many natural supplements such as lutein and zeaxanthin, play normal roles in protecting the eyes. This User's Guide to Eye Health Supplements explains how these and other nutrients can reduce your risk of eye disease.
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Esta analiza la adaptación de los lentes de contacto rígidos, a partir de la práctica desarrollada por el autor como profesional en la atención de pacientes, en la docencia y por medio de la investigación. El primer capítulo trata sobre la adaptación de lentes de contacto rígidos en casos convencionales: hipermetropías, miopías y astigmatismo, en ausencia de ectasias corneales y otro tipo de irregularidades que, en estos tiempos, obligan...
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Being diagnosed with a crippling eye condition can be extremely devastating. Many people feel helpless after receiving this news and look to the future with uncertainty and overwhelming anxiety. This book will help you move past this fear and live in a world of possibility and self-assurance.
Get ready to utilize the crucial tips, techniques, and critical information provided within these pages. You will be able to effectively master things such...
18) Glaucoma The Complete Guide: The Definitive Guide To Managing Your Condition And Saving Your Sight
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GLAUCOMA IS THE NO.1 CAUSE OF IRREVERSIBLE BLINDNESS WORLDWIDE Glaucoma can strike anyone at any age. Affecting up to 70 million people, in many countries 90% of sufferers do not even know they have this devastating condition. Do you or does someone you love have glaucoma? If you are diagnosed with glaucoma, a lifelong condition, it can be both shocking and depressing. Accurate, up to date medical information is crucial to making informed decisions...
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This book is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Kalanit Grill-Spector, Professor in Psychology and the Stanford Neurosciences Institute at Stanford University. Kalanit Grill-Spector is a vision specialist with a background in computational neuroscience. Her research examines how the brain processes visual information and perceives it. This extensive conversation explores how functional imaging techniques are used to...
20) Sight Stories
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An excitingly different resource for those undergoing or expecting an experience of vision impairment.
For everyone involved in the process, it is an invaluable combination of personal experiences, research findings and up-to-date psychological theory and practice. The book briefly introduces vision and vision loss before giving some personal eyesight stories that are, followed by summaries of relevant research.
Themes summarizing the stories and...
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