Today, Dr Lee had the opportunity to speak with teachers at William Dunbar PS about hidden visual problems which can impact learning. Students at this school are lucky to have a wonderful team of teachers dedicated to finding resources to help kids reach their full learning potential! They’re working hard while you kids have a day off 🙂
Wishing everyone a safe and happy family day weekend!
Unfortunately, this is something I see often. Parents don’t bring their children in for eye exams because the children never complain about things being fuzzy. They don’t realize there is a problem until years later, when they are checked by an optometrist. Vision problems, like amblyopia, are important to catch earlier so they are easier to fix.
There are often no “signs” or complaints about blurry vision because kids don’t know something is wrong.
Remember to take your kids to have their eyes checked! They are covered by OHIP for yearly exams.
Their first exam should be between 6 months – 1 year.
Click here to read more about how one mom was shocked by vision problems in her child who showed no signs.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alishia-osborn/how-i-failed-my-daughter_b_6398080.html
I’ve been seeing a lot of people with dry, irritated eyes lately. It gets worse in the winter because the heat is on and the air is very dry. Avoid drops that “get the red out!” – These are just masking the problem and may make the redness worse. If you have eyes that look red or feel irritated, talk to Dr Lee so we can get to the root of the problem and offer some better solutions!
Read more for other common eye care mistakes that I see all the time. Girls, eyeliner on your waterline is a big no-no!
Dr Lee is in San Diego this weekend for a seminar by world renown Developmental Optometrist Dr Robert Sanet! She is excited to continue learning more about vision development and bringing back this updated knowledge to share with all of you!
Operating online is cheaper, but even Clearly Contacts has opened a few storefronts – they’ve realized how important it is to have your glasses customized to fit your face in order for the prescription to work well!
Also for the glasses to work well, the prescription needs to be filled correctly. A 2011 study evaluating online orders showed nearly half of the prescription glasses purchased online did not meet patients’ “visual or physical needs.” The study showed 28.6 per cent of the glasses contained at least one lens that failed a component of optical analysis (eg. failure to match prescription, failed impact testing, incorrect/added lens treatments, incorrect lens type single vision vs bifocal).
These things get inspected at an optometrist’s office before the glasses are dispensed. They may be sent back to the lab for correction, which is why your delivery gets sometimes takes a bit longer, but it’s worth the wait to ensure quality.
An experienced optometrist or optician will help you choose frames that work with your particular prescription needs, and make recommendations about coatings and lens materials based on your specific prescription. They require measurements to customize the lenses for the frames you choose, and in high prescriptions, even a small error can cause headaches.
Glasses are something that you have to depend on daily, so take the time to get them right!|
See here for an article about buying online from CTV News: Buying glasses online may be cheap, but not necessarily safe, doctors warn