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Pediatric Optometry
Our optometrists have a special interest in children's vision. They test not
only visual acuities and eye health, but binocular and developmental
aspects of vision as well. Some of these aspects are listed below.
Accommodation: The eye's ability to focus in order to make near objects
clear.
Convergence/Divergence: The ability of the muscles of the eyes to turn
the eyes inward and outward while tracking an object.
Pursuits/Saccades: The eyes' ability to work together to look from one
object to another or follow an object as it is moving.
Visual Perception: The act of processing visual information. This includes
efficiency in such areas as visual discrimination, visual memory, spatial
relations, sequential memory, figure ground and visual closure.
Laterality/Directionality: The ability to be able to distinguish where one is
in space and where other objects are in relation to one's self in space.
Should a child have difficulties in any of these areas, difficulties in school
may arise.
Some symptoms that a child may report include:
Red, sore or itching eyes
Blurred vision or Double vision
Headaches or eye strain after reading
Things a parent or teacher may observe include:
One eye turning in or out
Jerky eye movements
Squinting, eye rubbing or excessive blinking
Head tilting, closing or blocking one eye when reading
Holding books extremely close
Sitting very close to the TV
Poor handwriting
Difficulty copying from the board
Letter or word reversals
Poor reading comprehension
Frequent loss of place
Omits, inserts or rereads the same word in the next sentence
Avoidance of near work
An eye/vision screening is recommended in the first year of life to catch
early eye problems. Yearly vision examinations are recommended to
ensure that your child's visual skills are developing properly.
only visual acuities and eye health, but binocular and developmental
aspects of vision as well. Some of these aspects are listed below.
Accommodation: The eye's ability to focus in order to make near objects
clear.
Convergence/Divergence: The ability of the muscles of the eyes to turn
the eyes inward and outward while tracking an object.
Pursuits/Saccades: The eyes' ability to work together to look from one
object to another or follow an object as it is moving.
Visual Perception: The act of processing visual information. This includes
efficiency in such areas as visual discrimination, visual memory, spatial
relations, sequential memory, figure ground and visual closure.
Laterality/Directionality: The ability to be able to distinguish where one is
in space and where other objects are in relation to one's self in space.
Should a child have difficulties in any of these areas, difficulties in school
may arise.
Some symptoms that a child may report include:
Red, sore or itching eyes
Blurred vision or Double vision
Headaches or eye strain after reading
Things a parent or teacher may observe include:
One eye turning in or out
Jerky eye movements
Squinting, eye rubbing or excessive blinking
Head tilting, closing or blocking one eye when reading
Holding books extremely close
Sitting very close to the TV
Poor handwriting
Difficulty copying from the board
Letter or word reversals
Poor reading comprehension
Frequent loss of place
Omits, inserts or rereads the same word in the next sentence
Avoidance of near work
An eye/vision screening is recommended in the first year of life to catch
early eye problems. Yearly vision examinations are recommended to
ensure that your child's visual skills are developing properly.
