Service 03 . 30 min . A5
Kids see the board, or they do not.
Most kids never complain. They think everyone sees the board like that. A thirty minute exam settles it.
First full exam by age five.
School screenings catch some things and miss a lot. A screening checks if your child can read a chart across a room. An exam checks if their eyes work together, focus up close and are healthy.
Bring them in before kindergarten, then every year. Kids who cannot read letters yet point which way the E faces. They tend to like it.
Seven things worth a booking.
- Sign 01
Squinting at the TV
Or sitting closer to it every month.
- Sign 02
Head tilt or one eye shut
Often a sign the two eyes do not agree.
- Sign 03
Losing their place
Using a finger to read long after classmates stopped.
- Sign 04
Headaches after school
Especially on reading heavy days.
- Sign 05
Rubbing their eyes a lot
Tired focusing muscles, or allergies. Both are worth a look.
- Sign 06
An eye that drifts
In or out, even now and then. Book soon, it is easier to treat early.
- Sign 07
Avoiding reading
Sometimes it is not about liking books.
Short sight that keeps getting worse.
Nearsightedness usually grows through the school years. Many families want to slow it down, and your doctor can explain what is known and what is not.
The options, plainly: special glasses lenses that defocus the edge of vision, daily soft contacts designed for it, low dose eye drops each night, and more time outside. We measure the eye's length each visit to see if it is working.
The price
Kids exam $115. Add a myopia check with eye length measurement for $75. Range $115 to $190. Most vision plans cover the exam once a year.
Older kids who play sport often do well in contact lenses. Glasses for kids come with the same year of free adjustments as adult frames, which helps. Parents, book your own eye exam back to back. Book a kids exam.