Reading capacity in cases of 'cured' strabismic amblyopia.

Fifty cases of cured amblyopia were examined in relation to distance vision, near vision, and reading capacity. Occlusion had been abandoned at age 8; the examination was made at age 12. Although linear vision for distance and near was full, reading capacity was markedly impaired. In order to prevent this 'reading amblyopia', sneaking-out or tapering-off occlusion with alternating calibrated filters is continued until the child can read fluently with each eye.