Vision Therapy at Lyons Family Eye Care

03/31/2026

Music offers many benefits for children including improved performance on math and attention....

Please bring your family to this free concert.

America Sings!

We need this now more than ever.

The Carlson Community Services Fine Arts Committee in cooperation with the world renown Apollo Chorus of Chicago will offer a FREE concert on Sunday, April 19th.

Conductor, Dr. Stephen Alltop serves as Music Director of the Apollo Chorus of Chicago, the Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra, and the Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra. He has appeared with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and performed with the Joffrey Ballet, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Music of the Baroque, Omaha Symphony, and the Peninsula Music Festival.

[I (Dr. Maino) have been most fortunate to have worked with Dr. Alltop while doing my best singing tenor during programs at Northwestern University's Alice Millar Chapel and St. Bartholomew Church. He and all who will be performing at this concert will be incredible!]

Sunday, April 19, 2026 at 2:00 p.m.
at Irving Park Lutheran Church, 4100 N. Harding Avenue, Chicago IL

for a >>>free Spring concert

03/18/2026

Reading and Eye Problems: Signs and Symptoms
Available at dominickmaino.substack.com

By Dominick M Maino, OD, MEd, FAAO, FCOVD-A

03/12/2026

Now available at dominickmaino.substack.com

Dr. Maino is an Emeritus Professor at the Illinois College of Optometry/Illinois Eye Institute and a Consultant to Lyons Family Eye Care

02/25/2026

From a colleague in Wisconsin:

Are Hidden Vision Problems Holding You Back in Sports?

Why Good Depth Perception is Crucial for Athletes
What Causes Poor Depth Perception?

See the link below for more info:

Read how hidden vision problems might be holding you back as an athlete.

01/28/2026

Glossary of Ridiculous Nautical Jargon

11/26/2025

Do you have a little one at home? Check this out!

Join us on December 7 for a FREE workshop and sneak peek at RAIN! 💧Fill out the form in our bio to RSVP. We hope to see you and your littlest ones there!

11/05/2025

A colleague of mine wrote:

10 Examples of How Vision and Learning Are Tightly Linked

Much of what you learn comes through your visual system, which is why educators agree there is a close connection between vision and learning. So what are some examples of how vision and learning are linked? Take a look:

Educators agree there is a close connection between vision and learning. Here are 10 examples of how they’re linked.

10/16/2025

Lyons Family Eye Care offers many services including vision therapy for all, including those with traumatic brain injury and concussion.

This latest study supports vision therapy for those with concussion.

Vision therapy yields faster recovery from concussion-related eye condition

Study overturns “wait and see” approach, showing office-based treatment improves convergence insufficiency outcomes.

The CONCUSS randomised clinical trial compared the effectiveness of immediate office-based vergence/accommodative therapy with movement (OBVAM) to delayed therapy for the treatment of concussion-related convergence insufficiency.

The study provides the first high-quality evidence that concussion-related vision problems can be effectively treated with office-based vision therapy, says the author, an AOA member.

The authors recommend considering OBVAM as soon as it is evident that a concussion-related convergence insufficiency is diagnosed.

Original research

CONCUSS randomized clinical trial of vergence/accommodative therapy for concussion-related symptomatic convergence insufficiency

Conclusion OBVAM therapy is effective in improving the near point of convergence, positive fusional vergence and symptoms in CONC-CI. Immediate initiation of office-based vergence/accommodative therapy with movement (OBVAM) compared with delayed initiation shortens the period of symptoms experienced and fosters an earlier return to activities.

https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2025/09/30/bjsports-2025-109807

Study overturns “wait and see” approach, showing office-based treatment improves convergence insufficiency outcomes.

05/27/2025

A colleague of mine was featured on this video about Sports Vision:

The Vision Therapy Center provides vision therapy to help people improve the efficiency of their visual system.

05/24/2025

My colleague is in the news!

https://wsbt.com/news/operation-education/vision-visual-processing-delay-learning-language-reading-math-disorder-dyslexia-diagnosis-letter-reversal-eye-brain-therapy?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR4bADVDlCrze7NC_x6RMrvJHu_z0V-hU9rmWEEqvFDQ4e74hJD4fbTFUALTQw_aem_-KWsBqGMfm5zF-GS1zbk7w

Learning to read is not easy, but it is made more difficult for a child who cannot see the words and letters on the page correctly.It may not be a problem with

05/05/2025

Here's a video from my colleagues in Wisconsin.

Lyons Family Eye Care provides vision therapy for our patients as well.

Who can benefit from Vision Therapy

Our doctors specialize in developmental optometry and they perform comprehensive vision exams. We provide vision therapy, which is a specialty of optometry.

05/02/2025

Can you believe it?! TOMORROW IS CLOSING DAY FOR HANNAH & HALMONI! 🎉 Use the code DOUBLE25 for a discount on your tickets and don’t miss your last chance to see this show!