AmblyopiaVA vs AmblyoPlay

THIS IS A PROFESSIONAL APP BASED ON EVIDENCE JUST FOR PROFESSIONALS IN VISION SCIENCES Amblyopia VA is a Professional APP, useful into Optometry and Ophthalmology practice, for measuring Visual Acuity under the International Standards of the Amblyopia Treatment Study (ATS) from the Pediatric Eye Disease Investigator Group (PEDIG). Is this a visual acuity chart? This application is not a Visual Acuity chart but it is an automated tool for measuring visual acuity threshold. Therefore, the clinician hasn't got an influence on the results because he/she will not decide the visual acuity on the trial end. The Clinician only has to press the button that corresponds to the answer of the patient in a 4 forced-choice task with the possibility that the patient will refer not seeing the optotype. In this case, an empty button will be pressed. What possibilities offer? The application has a fixed price with lifetime access to: 1.- The HOTV measurement protocol especially recommended for children (less than 7 years) You will have to pay (optionally) a year PRO subscription for accessing all the additional options provided by the App. Among them: 1.- Database service for following the patient progress. 2.- E-ETDRS or HOTV protocols automatically selected depending on patient’s age. When a patient automatically changes of protocol (from 6 to 7 years old) the App automatically corrects the shift due to the protocol used. 3.- Remote control using an iPhone. 4.- Personalized calibration of screen luminance and gamma correction for low contrast visual acuity testing. 5.- Low contrast, 5% and 2.5%, visual acuity testing). 6.- Follow-up plots for controlling the difference of visual acuity between eyes and detecting the reliable changes of visual acuity. 7.- Option to measure visual acuity at multiple distances even though the standard is 3 m. 8.- Export your database in a .CSV file. 9.- Assign your patients to different protocols according to different therapies you apply. 8.- Others… BEFORE DOWNLOADING ON IPHONE YOU SHOULD KNOW: The functionalities differ depending on the installation on an iPad or iPhone: 1.- You need an iPad for conducting the Visual Acuity measurement. 2.- If you install the AmblyopiaVA in an iPhone this only serves as a remote control, you will still need an iPad to measure the Visual Acuity. 3.- You can download in both iPhone or iPad just if both are using the same Apple Store account for which the App was both. 4.- You can access to more information about the procedure at: https://www.visualacuitytest.com/en/ INFORMATION ABOUT PRO SUBSCRIPTION The AmblyopiaVA is an app that requires a single lifetime payment for accessing to the HOTV protocol testing. However, if you want to access all the services you have to buy a PRO auto-subscription for 29.99€ (prices can vary between countries) for a period of 1 year. The payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. The account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. You can find our terms and privacy policy at https://www.visualacuitytest.com/en/2-documentation/25-terms-conditions SUPPORT AND QUESTIONS You can access our webpage www.visualacuitytest.com to view all the research validation papers or the authors that have used the App in their research.

AmblyoPlay is a vision therapy for individuals with difficulties in the vision system, such as convergence insufficiency, lazy eye, strabismus and many others. Therapy is conducted through playing different games that stimulate the weaker eye, as well as encourage good cooperation of both eyes. These vision system difficulties are very frequent: Lazy eye occurs in up to 5% of all population, while other binocular vision dysfunctions occur in up to 15% of all population. These problems can be treated in several ways with recent comparative studies indicating that vision therapy yields the best results. Vision therapy exercises must be performed regularly and correctly to deliver best results and it has been scientifically proven that the therapies work best between the ages of 4 and 14. Vision therapy is performed on a computer or tablet for 30 minutes daily. Each training session is composed of fun and engaging games with challenging exercises for strengthening eye muscles and eye-brain coordination. Valid and active AmblyoPlay account is required for use of AmblyoPlay. KEY FEATURES: EVERY DAY FOR AT LEAST 30 MINUTES! To be successful, vision therapy needs to be performed daily. Due to time and physical constraints, this can not be done always at eye clinics, so a large majority of the success of the therapy depends on the exercises performed at home. Methods in use right now are often described as boring, repetitive and unstimulating, leading to difficulties motivating young clients and consequently leading to suboptimal results. It is not enough to just do the exercises, one has to be engaged and focused. DON’T DO – PLAY VISION THERAPY! It is essential that we engage users with something they already know and love to do. We don’t want kids to feel like they are doing exercises or training, but rather like they are just playing! AmblyoPlay utilises game mechanics to stimulate client. Games and exercises are rewarding them with virtual and physical rewards If they are performing daily therapies correctly. KNOW HOW THEY ARE DOING! Knowing whether therapies and exercises are yielding results is essential. Although one does have to go to eye care specialist for the full eye examination to be certain of the improvements, AmblyoPlay does offer a rudimentary and basic way of tracking the progress of visual function even when not at the doctors’ office. They are designed in a way that it is not possible to progress to higher levels if the visual function is not improving. To further check for the advances in visual function, automated visual acuity screenings are performed every two weeks. PERSONALIZED PROGRAMME THAT GROWS WITH THE USER! When you enter AmblyoPlay for the first time, you are greeted with questions and quick tests that help us determine what mode of vision therapy is best for the user based on their status and their visual function. Based on this information your child will have personalised vision therapy experience with games and exercises working the user progresses through daily therapies, AmblyoPlay is progressing with them. When their visual function improves, the difficulty increases so that the games and exercises keep being engaging and challenging. Through this evolving vision therapy programme, visual functions are always pushed to their current limits, forcing them to improve even further. TOGETHER WITH THE SPECIALIST! AmblyoPlay as home-based therapy can nicely complement the exercises and therapies at clinics. Users are able to add a doctor to their profile and doctor will be able to see in his portal just general information on whether kids are performing the exercises and whether any improvement is noted. Consensus by both parent and doctor will be required to open this option as to prevent any information being seen to unauthorised individuals.