Talk:Orthoptics

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The article currently (as opposed to earlier) emphasizes very much "eye muscle training". While this might be appropriate for some parts of the world, in other parts such a training is not commonly prescribed or performed. The earlier version of the article saying "discipline dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of defective eye coordination, binocular vision, and functional amblyopia by non-medical and non-surgical methods, e.g., glasses, prisms, exercises" seems much more adequate, as "exercises" includes the eye muscle training. I'd suggest to change that part back. Any opinions? Dontaskme 01:41, 4 September 2005 (UTC)

I agree. The current definition leads one to believe that orthoptics is just eye-muscle training, which it is not. And as you noted, the addition of “eye muscle training” is redundant as it is included in “exercises”. Similarly, the inclusion of “strabismus” and “diplopia” in the definition are also redundant in that “defective eye coordination” and “(defective) binocular vision” covers those things. AED 21:59, 6 September 2005 (UTC)