Patient Stories

My name is Michael, I’m almost 14 and I’m in 8th grade. When I was about 12 years old I had an extremely hard time in school. I read slowly, I had difficulties in writing reports and I never read a book for fun. It was frustrating for me to know that I had 20/20 […]

Truly, vision therapy has changed my son’s life. He now WANTS to go to school. He participates in class. His confidence and self-esteem are just blossoming at the Jr. High age when most kids are suffering. He is excelling in sports. His peer relationships have improved. The coping skills he had learned throughout the years […]

Dear Staff: Thank you so much for the excellent progress you helped my son Michael to make through the vision therapy. Both my son and I were very frustrated and slipping off the knot at the end of our rope. He felt like he was missing something, felt stupid, felt like there was something wrong […]

Dear Dr. Hillier, Thank you so much for all the help you have given me with my vision problems. I have actually liked coming to the San Diego Center for Vision Care because your staff is so nice. They made the therapy fun. But I know it had a very serious purpose. My grades and […]

To whom it may concern: I am writing to you on behalf of those who are silently suffering the painful and embarrassing shame of hidden disability. I have lived with this disability, unbeknownst to me, for almost forty years. I am hopeful that if I share this personal information about myself, that maybe you will […]

Before Vision Therapy: “My husband suffered severe Tramatic Brain Injury as a result of a hit & run accident. Two years past accident he often complained ‘my eyes are shot’, he was dizzy, couldn’t read, was cautious and requiring assistance walking and with stairs. After visiting several optometrists who claimed he had 20/20 vision & […]

Dear San Diego Center for Vision Care, Thanks doesn’t seem like enough for all you have given Jason this past year. He had an awesome year both at school and on the baseball field. Attached find a copy of his report card and his test scores from the nationally given Terra Nova test. He would […]

Dear staff members of The San Diego Center For Vision Training, Just a note to thank everyone for helping and working with Erin and Timothy Caldwell with their vision therapy. All of you helped them develop their skills and abilities. Special credit for Erin and Timothy’s success should go to Dr. Kelley, Margie, and Claudia. […]

Dear Dr. Carl Hillier, Our son, Jim Hartman, was a patient at your Center a number of years ago. He was in his second year of college, and had no idea why he was having so much trouble with reading assignments. Little did he know that he was dyslexic. He had found so many ways […]

Before Vision Therapy: “Nayel Corral, my 9 year-old daughter, was not able to do her homework by herself because she was not able to follow the writing instructions, she did not comprehend what she read, she appeared to be frustrated and eat the words. She struggles with mathematics a lot. She constantly suffered from headaches […]