It most often occurs because of penetrating head wounds. The frontal and temporal lobes are frequently involved. Of course this type of injury could occur anywhere in the brain. Dysphagia, aphasia, apraxia, dysarthria, paralysis, as well as visual and other problems can occur.
Double vision redirects here. For other uses, see Double vision (disambiguation). Diplopia, commonly known as double vision, is the simultaneous perception of two images of a single object that may be displaced horizontally, vertically, diagonally (i.e., both vertically and horizontally), or rotationally in relation to each other.
Children with strabismus may initially have double vision. This occurs because of the misalignment of the two eyes in relation to one another. In an attempt to avoid double vision, the brain will eventually disregard the image of one eye (called suppression).