A question about cross-eyed

DarkShadow · 3 May 2008 at 17:48

I've always wondered this, do all people who have this condition view things the same way?

Can they only view through one eye at a time?

Do they use the lazy eye just as much as their normal one?

How can you tell which one they're looking through?

When you make eye contact, which eye do you look at?

Kristoph · 3 May 2008 at 17:50

I know a few people with this, and it makes talking to them pretty awkward.
It's embarrasing as they can probably notice you looking from one eye to the other!
Just concentrate on one eye, or the bridge of their nose lol.
I wonder if everything they see has a funny angle to it?

Glaucus · 3 May 2008 at 18:24

They see through both eyes, however when the brain gets confused it will only process stuff from the good eye.

which ever one is straight is there dominant one.

Tom0 · 3 May 2008 at 18:25

I look at the bridge of their nose.

davethe11 · 3 May 2008 at 19:18

dont know about cross-eyedness, but I have Binocular Diplopia (double vision). I can even control it, whereby I can look at an object and split it into two, then change between eyes to which one I want to concentrate on. It doesn't bother me though as I've had it all my life, I used to think I could see around walls when I was young because of it lol

DarkShadow · 3 May 2008 at 20:24

davethe11 said:
dont know about cross-eyedness, but I have Binocular Diplopia (double vision). I can even control it, whereby I can look at an object and split it into two, then change between eyes to which one I want to concentrate on. It doesn't bother me though as I've had it all my life, I used to think I could see around walls when I was young because of it lol

When you split an image into two, does it appear blurry?

Glaucus · 3 May 2008 at 20:26

dark_shadow said:
When you split an image into two, does it appear blurry?

No. it's like a translucent overlay and you can focus on either or look at both. Although the split image is no good for anything.

Jonny69 · 3 May 2008 at 20:28

People with lazy eyes are probably used to other people not knowing where to look!

davethe11 · 3 May 2008 at 20:32

dark_shadow said:
When you split an image into two, does it appear blurry?

not at all, both are sharp. As an example, I'm currently looking at my nice frosted glass desk lamp. I look at it and I see only one of them initially. Then I split it (my terminology) so there are two of them and both are kind of transparent (each lamp also has information from the other eye of what is behind it, its very hard to describe it). I can move them further apart, then back in, fast, slow whatever. I can maintian both for as long as I want (but I would probably get achy eyes after a while). Then I move them back together, so there is one solid lamp again.

I get double vision all the time with everything, I cannot stop it happening, but I can control individual objects when I want too.

davethe11 · 3 May 2008 at 20:33

AcidHell2 said:
Although the split image is no good for anything.

not true, its good for looking at breasts

Glaucus · 3 May 2008 at 20:34

davethe11 said:
not true, its good for looking at breasts

Nah, you lose depth perception. Which is the only true way to appreciate such lovely objects

davethe11 · 3 May 2008 at 20:35

AcidHell2 said:
Nah, you lose depth perception. Which is the only true way to appreciate such lovely objects

depends on your range

penski · 3 May 2008 at 20:47

davethe11 said:
not at all, both are sharp. As an example, I'm currently looking at my nice frosted glass desk lamp. I look at it and I see only one of them initially. Then I split it (my terminology) so there are two of them and both are kind of transparent (each lamp also has information from the other eye of what is behind it, its very hard to describe it). I can move them further apart, then back in, fast, slow whatever. I can maintian both for as long as I want (but I would probably get achy eyes after a while). Then I move them back together, so there is one solid lamp again.

I get double vision all the time with everything, I cannot stop it happening, but I can control individual objects when I want too.

That's easy. I just go cross-eyed to varying degrees and it happens. If you can control your eyes, you can do it.

*n

NeedleGunner · 3 May 2008 at 20:52

If you cover the good eye the eye with that is crossed will centre itself. Next time you see someone with crossed eyes try it

Glaucus · 3 May 2008 at 20:54

NeedleGunner said:
If you cover the good eye the eye with that is crossed will centre itself. Next time you see someone with crossed eyes try it

yep it forces the brain to use the bad eye. Which is why your meant to wear eye patches several hours a day. as it forces the brain to use it and it also strengthens the eye muscles.

If that doesn't work. they can shorten and extend the eye muscles which usually solves the problem.

milkinc13 · 3 May 2008 at 21:19

i can "split" an image, by focusing at it & i get 1 image in each eye, both the same, and their both blurry, don't do it that often.

shaffaaf27 · 3 May 2008 at 21:55

davethe11 said:
dont know about cross-eyedness, but I have Binocular Diplopia (double vision). I can even control it, whereby I can look at an object and split it into two, then change between eyes to which one I want to concentrate on. It doesn't bother me though as I've had it all my life, I used to think I could see around walls when I was young because of it lol

so thats what its called.

i can do that aswell, and i alwasy thought everyone could do it.

shaffaaf27 · 3 May 2008 at 22:19

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereogram

check those out, they work for me

HangTime · 3 May 2008 at 22:28

I have this condition, brought on in part by being born with cataracts.

Essentially my brain never learnt to correctly interpret the images from both eyes, so I don't have true binocular vision. I can consciously switch between which eye I'm looking out of, and I do get a little vision out of the other, albeit very blurry and with little focus (for example if I close one eye, my FOV gets slightly smaller).

At primary school this was treated with patching (to try and boost the lazy eye). I also had pretty bad crosseyedness so before going to secondary school, I had an operation to adjust the muscles in one eye. That was actually a right bitch to recover from as my eye was all pussed up for ages, eyelid stuck shut, I had to put these horrid eye drops in for a couple of weeks (I don't have a problem with drops in general, I've put them in daily for the past 20+ years, but these were vile).

As far as people looking in my eyes go, I really don't care what they do, in fact eye contact means so little to me (probably due to my condition) that I can't say I've ever really paid much attention to where specifically people are looking. It's only an issue if it freaks them out a little when I switch 'primary' eye to the other!

It probably sounds a bit trivial but one of the worst things I find about not having binocular vision is it makes playing ball sports pretty hard (due to not being able to triangulate objects in the air). I love football but I can't head a ball to save my life, and as for stuff like fielding in cricket, if a ball is struck high in the air I've got no idea if I'm right underneath it or it's gonna drop 10 yards in front of me. It also makes me look a bit of a muppet if people throw me something in day-to-day life!

yermum · 3 May 2008 at 22:33

Our eldest son had a problem with his eyes when he was younger, with one eye frequently drifting out. We were told that this problem or permanently 'crossed' eyes have to be sorted out at a young age or 3D vision can be lost. As it was, his eye was corrected by the age of 7 and he has very little 3D vision.

My beloved OH lost an eye in an accident some years ago and, although he has adapted to his loss of 3D, it is still funny watching him trying to catch something or pour wine into a glass across the dining table.

(I would like to point out that he finds it funny too.)

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