Binocular Vision Disorder: A Patient's Guide to a Life-Limiting, Often Underdiagnosed, Medical Condition

"This is a fantastic resource that provides an in-depth look at binocular vision disorder while breaking it down in a way that our patients can understand. It is obvious that we need to create more awareness around this condition, which as Drace-Brownell indicates, is far more common and debilitating than one might think. I believe that literature like this will help drive this awareness, educate our patients and get them talking and thinking about this condition, which in turn will generate a deeper interest in BV disorder within the eyecare community."
Arthur Kim, OD
Founder and Owner
Clearsight Optometry

"Denise Drace-Brownell, who had a symptomatic binocular vision disorder, discusses her early life disability due to this disorder. She demonstrates that bright motivated people with these problems can succeed despite having the disorder. Her story is not unusual. She provides a pathway for those who have symptomatic binocular disorders to get proper treatment which includes prisms, vision therapy (orthoptics), and/or surgery. Like most patients with this disorder, proper diagnosis and treatment resulted in a symptom-free world with improved efficiency. Her book should be read by anyone having symptoms, especially those not identified by their current eye doctors."
Jeffrey Cooper MS, OD, FAAO
Professor Emeritus
SUNY - State College of Optometry

"As is often the case with major breakthroughs, this is a personal story of Denise solving a long standing and almost invisible problem, through her own research that drew upon both her scientific and commercial expertise. Now, having solved her own problem, she wants to share the solution with the world."
John D Graham
Founder, Global Ideation Inc.

About the Author:
During her career as a science and technology innovation executive, Denise Drace-Brownell has created successful businesses and furthered breakthrough ideas for emerging growth and Fortune 500 companies.

Denise is an expert in vision capabilities required for next-generation digital economies.

Denise holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Illinois; a Master's in Public Health/Engineering from Columbia University Medical Center's Mailman School of Public Health; and a law degree from Rutgers, with advanced work at the University of Pennsylvania. She is a certified optician.

Denise is a published author and has delivered speeches and papers at several institutions and forums including the Polytechnic Institute of New York University, the Bentley Global Business Ethics Symposium sponsored by State Street Bank and Bentley College, Licensing Executives Society International, Inc., and the Association for Corporate Growth.

About the Book:
Denise Drace-Brownell identified this unmet need of over 12% of the population in developed countries, with some studies showing a prevalence greater than 30%. These numbers can be expected to increase from society's expanded use of digital devices.

She did breakthrough work in technology with the likes of John Bardeen, the only scientist to win two Nobel Prizes in physics. But because of this underdiagnosed vision problem, her fatigue was so great she had to leave her pioneering work behind.

Decades later she obtained the diagnosis of her condition, invented technology to resolve her challenges, and wrote this patient guide which contains new and valuable information to help patients find their own resolution.

This paper discusses common symptoms of binocular vision disorder, available resources, and typical therapeutic approaches.