In some patients with vestibular disorders, secondary visual dependence develops, meaning the brain chooses to weight visual information more heavily, making the patient more visually sensitive. If any problem with how the eyes work together or the brain processes visual information exists, it worsens the problem. Many patients with visual-vestibular systems have a form of binocular vision dysfunction- most often vertical heterophoria or convergence insufficiency. Treatment of visual-vestibular problems may include:

• Prism glasses to aid eye alignment

• Yoked prisms re-establish spatial awareness

• Tinted lenses to improve light and motion sensitivity

• Optometric vision therapy to treat binocular vision dysfunction and improve visual-vestibular integration.