by Marcia Dettloff, OD
October 14, 2010
Up to 15% of children between the ages of 3 and 5 have an eye or vision condition that can result in reduced vision if not corrected. The basic vision screenings done at the pediatrician’s office often miss these problems. Despite what many people think, a child doesn’t need to know the alphabet, or even talk, to have a comprehensive eye examination. Obviously, we don’t use a phoropter and ask an infant “which is better, 1 or 2”, but you’d be surprised at how much we can tell about an infant or young child’s vision without a verbal response from the child.
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by Marcia Dettloff, OD
September 27, 2010
Hardly a day goes by that a parent doesn’t tell me that their children have their eyes “examined” at school or at the pediatrician’s office. The vast majority of these screenings only test distance vision. While they are pretty good at picking up children with myopia (near-sightedness) or large amounts of astigmatism, those aren’t the children that are most important to identify and treat early.
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