a rather insensitive question about vision

[NuclearNed]

Do people with crossed eyes or walleyes see things the same as people who don't? I guess what I'm asking is, does the brain somehow compensate for the eyes not being aligned correctly so that the person doesn't see double?

 

[Kilgor]

Originally posted by: NuclearNed
Do people with crossed eyes or walleyes see things the same as people who don't? I guess what I'm asking is, does the brain somehow compensate for the eyes not being aligned correctly so that the person doesn't see double?

I doubt it. 😕

 

[Injury]

Would it be known as a vision problem if they did?

 

[Kadarin]

Originally posted by: NuclearNed
Do people with crossed eyes or walleyes see things the same as people who don't? I guess what I'm asking is, does the brain somehow compensate for the eyes not being aligned correctly so that the person doesn't see double?

You would be amazed at what the brain can compensate for: http://wearcam.org/tetherless/node4.html

 

[chcarnage]

Cross-eyed people mostly have a dominant eye, their brain more or less ignores the other one. This can be healed in childs by patching the dominant eye (Link)