Vision, Learning & School
For students

Are you a grade school or university student experiencing symptoms in the classroom or struggling to keep up with your course load?  

When reading, do words blur, go double or appear to move around the page?  Does reading make your eyes or head hurt?  Do you skip words or lines when reading?  Do you understand or remember what was read?  Does reading make you tired quickly?

Does the classroom lighting or computer screen illumination bother you?

Is it taking longer and more effort to complete assignments?

Could subtle persistent visual dysfunctions still be impairing your academic performance unknowingly?

You’ve found the right place!

Reading is one of the most complex cognitive visual activities we do.  Reading and learning can therefore be significantly impaired when a concussion or neurological disorder interferes with visual processing.  Multiple visual functional problems can be experienced when this occurs, such as blurred or double vision, font instability, word omission, loss of place while reading, headaches, eyestrain, fatigue, reduced reading comprehension, reduced memory, reduced visualization, and/or avoidance.

Dr. Loopeker recognizes how interruptive a visual dysfunction can be to a student’s academic trajectory, especially while in high school or university.  He is also aware of the potential negative social impacts difficulty in learning new material can be for students who are struggling to keep up with their peers.

Dr. Loopeker is Residency-trained in Vision Therapy & Rehabilitation (SUNY, 2003) and Board Certified in Vision Development & Vision Therapy (COVD/OVDRA, 2006).  While completing his Residency, Dr. Loopeker was also Research Assistant to Dr. Harold Solan, Distinguished Service Professor of Optometry at the State College of Optometry, former Chief of the Learning Disabilities Clinic State University of New York.

Dr. Loopeker has spent his career advocating and supporting the recognition of vision-related learning problems as a contributing factor to learning disabilities.  He has helped hundreds of children resolve their learning-related vision problems to become successful students.