Benny Shao, OD FCOVD

Dr. Shao is awesome, he is super knowledgable and patience. And the most important, he thinks for the patient instead of trying to trick you to spend more money. I usually hate visiting an eye doctor but the experience with Dr. Shao is really nice. This is definitely the place you want to go if you want a nice experience with your eye doctor!

If there were such a thing as a 10 star I would put 10 stars. This Dr. Benny P. Shao is a dream come true. He knows so much and is so accurate. I went somewhere else (I will not mention names) very well known Optometrist, who, after one hour plus of examining my eyes, said there is nothing we can do for you. Get your cataract operation. I left feeling dejected. Then I went to my regular oculist in Mountain View who, in 30 seconds, put up two lenses which immediately corrected my distance site. He told me that Dr. Shao was working with him and that I had to make an appointment which I did. The guy is very booked. 10 days later I received new glasses and can now drive to San Francisco instead of taking the train to see my new grandchild. I have never in my 77 years had such exact and perfect glasses. Also Dr. Shao said (for FREE) I need about 10 – 15 lessons with him on how to help my split level problem with eyes. Not bad, but just needs help. He is also very much into nutrition and has helped me to find what is necessary for the eyes. Jane Davis

My 5 years old son is farsighted. We went to see Dr. Shao when Dev was 4 years old. Luckily, Dr. shao quickly identified Dev’s right eye as a lazy eye and began vision therapy for him. It’s good that Dev started his vision therapy before age 6, because otherwise it would be too late to save his right eye.
After completing 30 vision sessions with Dr. Shao, Dev’s lazy eye is gone and he is now able to use both of his eyes to watch TV and read books.
Thanks to Dr. Shao, who had been working patiently with Dev. We really appreciate it!!!

Thank you very much, Dr. Shao, for devotedly helping my 13 years old son’s vision and tracking problems for a lifelong changing.
After completing 30 vision therapy sessions with Dr. Shao, Scott is now able to focus in his reading and has vastly improved in his comprehensive reading skills and is doing well at school. My son used to hate to read. But, now, Scott enjoys reading, and, I’m grateful for that. I’m also thankful to Dr. Shao for his intellectual and knowledgeable advices and kindness.
Tiffany Long (Mother of Scott Ngo, Jr.)
Sunnyvale, CA
06/​27/​2014
Dr. Benny Shao’s Vision Therapy Office Location and Contact:
Benny Shao, O.D., FCOVD
7246 Sharon Dr., Suite N, San Jose, CA 95 129
Tel.: 408−837−7380

My daughter had trouble reading even though she was making straight A’s. I was sending her to a reading tutor, and her reading was not improving. I had heard of vision therapy to improve reading and I called Dr. Shao. After 20 sessions with Dr. Shao, her reading went from 91 wpm to over 200 wpm. She is a more confident student now, and is comfortable reading aloud in class. She is also able to complete her homework in less time. Even though she still doesn’t enjoy reading for fun, she doesn’t hate it anymore. I am so grateful that I found Dr. Shao!

I first came to Dr. Shao’s office because my vision was becoming blurry and I didn’t know it at the time but I had a problem focusing/​converging my eyes. Something as simple as reading a book or looking at a movie screen would cause intense strain in my eyes. Dr. Shao immediately identified my problem, and I began vision therapy with him shortly after. He actually helped improve my prescription after the vision therapy. I really have him to thank, for relieving my eyes of the intense strain and also for improving my vision and prescription. He is a genuinely caring doctor, who is passionate in helping his patients. I would highly recommend him for anyone who is looking for a doctor who is caring, kind, and extremely knowledgable in vision therapy.

I wanted to write a Review for Dr Shao.
My son has been seeing Dr. Shao since Feb/​March of this year.
He saw him 2X a week for 30 minutes each time.
Rest of the days we did practice @ home.
He was @ –2.25 in both eyes and now he is @-1.50 in right and –1.25 in left eye.
Dr. Shao has been absolutely great to work with. We do intend to continue after the summer as my son is in India for the summer.
My son had what is known as convergence excess i.e. the eyes cross inwards when he reads and that what suppose to increase his prescription @ a rapid rate. This has now slowed down.
We are very happy with the therapy with Dr. Shao.
Ok now here are the disclosures:
I am not a doctor and this is not medical advice just my opinions.
There is a lot of information out there on Vision Therapy and Dr. Shao is also very patient in explaining a lot of things… sometimes the same questions asked multiple times. You have to read/​research and decide on your own. I am not giving advice.
We did rather my husband did keep up working with my son @ home too… we rarely missed any days. i. e we were very compliant up until summer.
Dr. Shao has not compensated me in any manner (either monetary or by providing free sessions) for this review.
My son also wears what is known as Bifocal contacts… those too are suppose to slow the progression of myopia.

I didn’t know that nearsight can be fake or real until I talked with my friend about my daughter complained about her eyesight during the class when she was 10 years old. I, of course, don’t want my daughter to wear glasses. Once you start wearing glasses, you can’t go back! With my friend’s referral, we saw Dr. Shao. After an eye exam and detailed explanation from Dr. Shaw, I learned that my daughter’s problem could be solved with eye therapy. We followed his instruction to do eye therapy once a week for 20 weeks at his office plus home treatment every day, my daughter’s eyesight problem got improved after 4 weeks. It’s amazing and encouraging! After she finished all her treatments, she doesn’t need to wear glasses and is free to do any kind of sports she likes. And now she is almost 13, her eyesight still remains stable. I know it is not a regular optometrist can do; only a specialist can treat this kind of problem.
Dr. Shao is very patience, detailed and caring. Highly recommended!