With amblyopia, vision is decreased when one or both eyes send a blurry image to the brain causing the brain to "learn" to see blurry with one eye and to “turn off” that eye in order to favor the other eye. Amblyopia is responsible for more vision loss in children than all other causes.

What are the causes of amblyopia?

Underlying causes for decreased vision in a child’s eye may include refractive errors such as astigmatism or farsightedness, strabismus (a misaligned eye) or a cataract (cloudiness of the lens).