Will you explain how you start saccadic or smooth pursuit training?
Answer:
“I don’t do saccadic or pursuit training initially by itself. I keep everything, in the beginning, 18 inches and out. What happens is, at 18 inches and in, you begin to stimulate convergence. If you stimulate convergence, that can change how that system works. So, you want to keep that periphery open, whether you’re just getting them peripherally aware. Once again, either seated or you can put them down on the floor, you have to put them in a safe position to do that.”
RESOURCES & LINKS:
- This Q&A is an excerpt from the Vestibular Health Summit Sessions
- The Vestibular Health Summit Sessions are included with 360NeuroGO Enterprise
FACULTY:
DeAnn Fitzgerald, OD
DeAnn Fitzgerald, O.D. is Vice President of the Neuro-Optometric Rehabilitation Association (NORA), an inter-disciplinary group of professionals dedicated to providing patients who have physical or cognitive disabilities as a result of an acquired brain injury with a complete ocular health evaluation and optimum visual rehabilitation education and services to improve their quality of life. Dr. Fitzgerald has been providing eye care to eastern Iowa since graduating from Pacific University School of Optometry in 1984. She runs a busy primary care clinic where she diagnoses and treats ocular disease and evaluates patients with brain injury. She recently launched her sports vision and concussion clinic, Active Evolution Studio. Dr. Fitzgerald has a special interest in sports vision performance and concussion.
