How do people see when they have..?

Question

How do people that have eyes that go in different directions? Like when the eyes point away from eachother, can they see on both sides, or do they see like as if they had normal eyes? Thanks!

Answer 1

i think they see all around. like horses as you said at lunch earlier.. haha :P

Answer 2

i think they have a dominant eye, so they mainly see what the dominant eye is seeing.  i have a lazy eye, so i usually see only what my left eye sees and have no idea what my right eye is seeing.

=)

Answer 3

There are two different things that happen in this instance.  

1.  Diplopia, this will actually give the person double vision and is usually corrected by adding prism to their prescription lenses to pull the eyes to focus together.

2.  Amblyopia.  This is when the brain actually shuts down the signals coming from one eye.  So they see a single image one eye at a time, but have great difficulty with depth perception.

Answer 4

It is in squint that we see the eyeballs go in different directions. The squint may be convergent, divergent or alternate type, where such patients generally see normally with one eye (ie., the dominant eye) where the fovia is well developed.