Doctor's at Boston Children's Hospital are now prescribing a virtual reality device to treat children with amblyopia. The device, available to just a handful of U.S. pediatric practices, allows children to watch videos as a means of receiving treatment. This treatment option can be used in selected patients as an alternative to an eye patch or atropine drops.
The device was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration last year based on a randomized, controlled clinical trial showing superiority of one-hour per day of treatment compared with glasses alone. Boston Children's Hospital Ophthalmologist-in-Chief David G. Hunter, MD, PhD, published one of the first clinical trials on a precursor to the current device.
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Pediatric Ophthalmology