Optometry Times - March 2009 - (Page Cover1) Bringing Eye Health into Focus Combined effort www.optometrytimes.com March 2009 Vol. 1, No. 1 ‘Double teaming’ shown effective for childhood vision disorder Office-based therapy, home reinforcement best therapeutic effect for convergence insufficiency By Nancy Groves Reviewed by Eric Borsting, OD, MS, FAAO, FCOVD, Marjean Kulp, OD, MS, and Mitchell S. Scheiman, OD, FAAO Philadelphia—Researchers have concluded that the most effective form of treatment for convergence insufficiency (CI) in children is officebased vision therapy with a trained therapist combined with home reinforcement. The Convergence Insufficiency Treatment Trial (CITT) demonstrated that office-based vergence/accommodative therapy (OBVAT) with home reinforcement was more effective than See Convergence on page 42 Inside 6 Newer knowledge Editorial Welcome to the premiere issue of Optometry Times—or is it déjà vu? By Mark L. Dlugoss, Group Editor Dry eye a serious public health problem By Debra A. Schaumberg, ScD, OD, MPH, and Gerd Geerling, MD, PhD 36 Glaucoma When is a case truly glaucoma? If a definitive diagnosis seems elusive, gather corroborating evidence. By Murray Fingeret, OD 40 Special Section: VEE Get into a ‘New York state of mind.’ Preview all that’s new at this year’s Vision Expo East. By Christina Phillis starts on page 10 C onsiderable progress has been made in the past 15 years regarding knowledge on the epidemiology of dry eye disease. As we describe in this article, dry eye disease is a major and increasing health-care problem due to its prevalence and effects on patients’ quality of life, health-care resources, and the economy. It is clear that this previously underappreciated condition now should be regarded as a serious public health problem that is worthy of diagnosis and effective treatment. See Tear Film on page 16 special section Getty Images Getty Images/Digital Vision/Philip J. 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