How does Optic Nerve Hypoplasia affect vision?
The loss of wiring can sometimes be only very small. The child will have near-normal vision. But sometimes it can be nearly all the wires with very little information being transferred. The child would then have poorer vision. Sometimes only the top or bottom part of the optic nerve is missing. When this happens then the opposite half of the visual world will be blurred, with the rest almost normal. Sometimes children can develop fast to-and-fro movements of the eyes. This is called Nystagmus. Squint can also develop. Please ask us if you would like VI Scotland information documents on these conditions as well.
