— “If vision therapy is a method in which to make the eye and the brain train together so they can work better together, what is patching? Patching trains one eye to work harder to catch up with the other. This is not a scientific description - but - if one eye is communicating and working better with the brain it is dominating use of the brain. Patching helps so that good eye can take a time out so the brain has some time to work with the weaker eye. Being a parent faced with the choices of VT or patching is not a simple place to be. But working at all to try to make the vision and the eyes better is the goal. Respecting varied methods seems to make sense. Paige would love to see more case studies and vision therapy become covered for the families who want to have it. Ideally, maybe doctors and vision therapists could start working together more and the length of time these patchers have to work can become less.”
Valeria interviews Paige Brattin — She is the founder of See Worthy Patches. Paige was born and raised in New Jersey, and has since relocated to Hawaii — where she’s flourished as an entrepreneur and lived for more than 20 years.
After founding her first company, a maternity boutique in Honolulu, she sold the business in 2008 to focus on motherhood after the birth of her first daughter, Eddy in 2009, who inspired the creation of See Worthy Patches. At 5-years-old, an annual checkup detected that Eddy had symptoms of refractive amblyopia — a treatable condition that stunts the development of vision. Treatment required her to wear an eye patch for several hours a day. Shortly thereafter, See Worthy Patches was born. Paige is a devoted wife, mother, sister and daughter, and draws inspiration from her family — and families with similar plights. Her professional focus is solely on See Worthy Patches, and she relies on her experiences as a former educator to connect with kids and parents who stand to benefit from her product.
To learn more about Paige Brattin and her work, please visit: worthybrands.com
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