A special type of iPad game effectively helped in treating children with amblyopia in restoring their visual abilities, more than the standard treatment, researchers say.

At two weeks, the children using the standard approach of patching crossed over to binocular game treatment, and all 28 children played the game for another two weeks.
“We show that in just two weeks, visual acuity gain with binocular treatment was half that found with six months of patching, suggesting that binocular treatment may yield faster gains than patching,” said Krista R. Kelly of the Retina Foundation of the Southwest, a non-profit organisation.