Study Status: Active, not recruiting
Recruit Status: Active, not recruiting
Study Type: Interventional
Official Title: Optimized Visual Recovery in Adult Human Amblyopia Through Binocular Deprivation
Brief Summary: Amblyopia is an impairment in spatial vision caused by asymmetry in the quality of visual input across the two eyes during childhood. It is difficult to treat in adulthood because the visual system becomes less "plastic" (able to learn) with age. The purpose of this study is to determine whether five to ten days of visual deprivation--living in complete darkness--can enhance plasticity in the visual cortex and thereby facilitate the learning that is needed to recover visual function in amblyopic adults.