Automated targets with timing mechanisms not only show the optometrist how the eyes move in the beginning of treatment – when eye problems have yet to be fully addressed – by strategically positioning the targets, but they give weak eyes a necessary workout. By moving the eyes around to focus on different targets at different times, the weak eye’s muscles are strengthened so that they can learn to move in harmony with the stronger eye.

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