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Eye patches have apparently been tried over a decade ago with some success -- here's a reference from around 2000:

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/eye-patch-therapy-a-boo...

The difference is now we have a strong hint as to why they work.

I would expect that the social stigma would severely limit uptake in school though, which is why this isn't standard today -- kids can be rather vicious when they pick up on any hint of difference or weakness.

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> I would expect that the social stigma would severely limit uptake in school though, which is why this isn't standard today -- kids can be rather vicious when they pick up on any hint of difference or weakness.

Random idea--what about a completely opaque contact lens, with an image of an iris/pupil on the outside, customized for the person's eye color? It would likely be noticeable up close, but could take away a lot of this social stigma.

Better yet, would be to simply have tinted contact lenses, so that the eyes wouldn't be "identical" but they would still give 3D vision.

Note that eye patches are already being commonly used in that age group for treating amblyopia

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