NovaVision: vision restoration therapy

PURPOSE OF REVIEWThe aim of this article is to review the controversial findings for NovaVisionʼs vision restoration therapy. RECENT FINDINGSIt has been claimed that NovaVisionʼs computerized therapy results in expansion of the visual field in optic nerve and occipital lesions, but the outcome has been challenged on the grounds of unsatisfactory perimetric control of central fixation and disputed mechanisms. SUMMARYIn clinical practice NovaVisionʼs therapy should not currently gain acceptance in view of unacceptable perimetric standards and equivocal results. Possible effects on a relative scotoma at the edge of a lesion have not been adequately explored. In the interim, research should also be focused on compensatory eye movement strategies.