PEDIATRIC EYE CARE
It’s never too early to begin annual eye exams. In fact, upwards of half of all children are at risk from undiagnosed eye and vision problems which can adversely affect learning at critical points in a child's development. Just like a trip to the pediatrician, a child should receive regular eye exams to maintain healthy vision.
The American Optometric Association recommends that children be evaluated at 6 months, 3 years, and then yearly thereafter.
COMMON SYMPTOMS OF PEDIATRIC VISION ISSUES:
Frequent headaches or eye strain
Poor Depth judgment
Double Vision
Poor hand-eye coordination
Difficulty following a moving target
The presence of an eye turn
COLOR TESTING
Color vision tests check your ability to distinguish colors. They are used to screen for color deficiencies in people with suspected retinal or optic nerve disease or who have a family history of color blindness. Color vision tests are also used to screen applicants for jobs in fields where color perception is essential, such as law enforcement, the military, or electronics.
DEPTH PERCEPTION
Stereoscopic vision and depth perception testing is important in identifying diseases such as Amblyopia and Strabismus, Stereopsis occurs because each eye views an object from different angles, but combines these angles to give us a 3D image.