Health insurance says yes

23.04.2014 15:55

The first app has done it: Barmer GEK is the only health insurance company to cover the costs of vision training via app for children with the functional visual impairment amblyopia.

The app is intended to be used between the ages of four and twelve and is prescribed by an ophthalmologist. The developer of the web-based stimulation therapy, the start-up company Caterna, is then informed about the participation and puts together an individual program based on the ophthalmological data.

The therapy lasts 90 days, during which the child should train at least 30 minutes a day on the computer with games such as Tetris or car racing and wear an eye patch during this time. Normally, children's healthy eyes are covered with a plaster for a few weeks to years in order to train their weak-sighted eyes. If this doesn't help, the app can be prescribed, according to the health insurance company.