Exams
Children rarely report blurry vision — they assume everyone sees the way they do. A pediatric eye exam checks vision, eye teaming, and eye health at an age when treatment works best.
Infants from about six months, preschoolers, and school-age children — including kids who passed a school screening but are still struggling.
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Children rarely say their vision is blurry, because they assume everyone sees what they see. Look instead for behavior: sitting inches from a screen, tilting or turning the head to see, covering one eye, losing their place while reading, frequent headaches after school, or avoiding books and puzzles they used to enjoy. Any of these is worth an exam even if a school screening came back fine.
Sharpness of sight is only one piece. We check whether the eyes point at the same spot, whether they can hold focus at reading distance, and whether they track smoothly across a line of text. We also look for amblyopia — a lazy eye that quietly loses ability while the other eye compensates. Caught early, it usually responds well; caught late, the window narrows.
Nobody performs well when they are nervous, least of all a five-year-old. Our exams use pictures and shapes instead of letters when needed, move quickly, and stop when a child needs a moment. Parents stay in the room the whole time. Bring any glasses your child already has, plus a note of anything a teacher or pediatrician has mentioned.
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