Monocular vision...

[yungatart]

Monocular vision ..where both eyes work seperately rather than together.

Who has it? And how does it affect your life? Ever been turned down for a job because of it? Can it be treated?

[allycatz]

I have it, failed drivers licence visuals miserably so wear glasses for driving and reading. Main effects from it are momentary adjustment of line of vision when refocusing on something new. So can get slight double vision

[Hitcher]

Many people who have monocular vision don't know they have it. Only one red eye in family photos is often a good giveaway of who may have this condition.

It may pay to check whether you have it or not before you fork out thousands of dollars on 3D television.

[Mom]

Yepper, I dont have binocular vision, fail the eye sight test for drivers licence. I cant use binoculars either unless I hold them away from my eyes.

I always thought monocular vision was only being able to see with one eye. That is what Maha had before he had his eyes fixed. Blind in one eye and could not see out of the other

If it means eyes work independantly then that is what I have. No problems with work, though I do wear correcting lenses for reading. I can not use the $2 shop ones as I also have astigmatism, where one eye focusses ahead of the other.

[Mom]

I have it, failed drivers licence visuals miserably so wear glasses for driving and reading. Main effects from it are momentary adjustment of line of vision when refocusing on something new. So can get slight double vision

I was told that was due to the fact that your brain was overriding what the eye was seeing, I can find my vision splitting if I am really tired and not concentrating. I can not afford to focuss in a lazy way, I have to deliberately do it sometimes. I used to do excercises to help correct the double/split vision.

[Hitcher]

I also have astigmatism, where one eye focusses ahead of the other.

Erm, I think you'll find that astigmatism is a compression of the eyeball that causes lines at certain angles to go out of focus.

[Mom]

Erm, I think you'll find that astigmatism is a compression of the eyeball that causes lines at certain angles to go out of focus.

To be absolutely truthful, my optician actually told me I had brain damage

[yungatart]

Many people who have monocular vision don't know they have it. Only one red eye in family photos is often a good giveaway of who may have this condition.

It may pay to check whether you have it or not before you fork out thousands of dollars on 3D television.

I definitely won't be buying a 3D tv.... I have monocular vision, diagnosed when I was in my late 20's. Suddenly I understood why I was always tripping up/down steps, falling over on uneven ground and completely useless at tennis etc as a child. It has not really been an issue...I have learned to compensate over the years.

however, it has just become an issue as some idiot thinks it calls into question my ability to drive and park a vehicle....

[Mom]

however, it has just become an issue as some idiot thinks it calls into question my ability to drive and park a vehicle....

Do what I did when I failed my eyesight test for my licence. Went and got a certificate that says my vision is fine for driving without corrective lenses. Yours would have to say "with" corrective lenses is all. That will put paid to any employer saying you cant see well enough to drive I suspect.

[yungatart]

I already have that Anne, otherwise I wouldn't have a licence.
Oh no! I'm so special I have to have a special letter from my optometrist, which they will then consider!!!!
Having a licence and a clean record doesn't actually count.

[imdying]

however, it has just become an issue as some idiot thinks it calls into question my ability to drive and park a vehicle....

If that idiot isn't an optician then he'd be wise to stop discriminating on ground that he's not qualified to comment on.

/edit: Unless you're applying for a job to drive a bomb disposal truck or such like!

[Ferkletastic]

Yeah I've got it. Eye's don't work together at all, no 3d vision etc. Doesn't affect my driving at all, can paralell park etc.

As above I'm rubbish at tennis, stairs etc.

[MSTRS:Me]

If that idiot isn't an optician then he'd be wise to stop discriminating on ground that he's not qualified to comment on.

The man is a 100% complete knobend. Arrogant, bullying, rude. Would be best suited as a parking warden.

[allycatz]

I never knew I had it until new licence system test came in. I cant actually tell much difference wearing glasses driving car but does seem better when I'm on scooter

[MSTRS:Me]

I don't think monocular vision can be corrected. At least not with glasses etc.
YT can see perfectly well with either eye, well, perfect is debateable - she does wear glasses. The problem I guess is that the brain does not process the 2 incoming sight signals in the same way as 'normal'. What she sees with both eyes is what the rest of us see if we cover one eye. This means that she can't see in stereo - or 3D - and therefore has trouble gauging distance, determining the rate of approach of another vehicle. That sort of thing.
I can understand it being an issue when applying for a licence IF it was tested for. But it's not. Just need to be able to read a chart (as it was then) with either eye. And she has held a car licence since 1980ish and has a good driving record.
The only way she knows she has this 'problem' is one of her kids was having an eye check. There was a picture of a butterfly, which appeared to float a few inches above the page when viewed through some sort of special glasses. She tried it too - and the picture remained flat on the surface. Another check or 2 and 'You have monocular vision. Don't let it worry you. It's more common than you might think.'
And it hasn't been a problem. Until now.