When was the last time you washed your glasses? Your glasses do not count as safety protection from COVID-19. We often touch our glasses without thinking. Virus particles can be transferred from our fingers and face, and they can remain on hard plastic surfaces for hours to days. Remember to wash your hands before touching your face, and wash your glasses frequently with soap and water! Avoid soaps with abrasive beads and chemical glasses cleaners. Dry them with a soft, clean cloth, and avoid using your shirt or facial tissues.
*Note: This photo is from pre-COVID. Patients must now be masked in the office at all times, while staff wear masks and face shields.
W came to us because he was having trouble with reading. It took him a long time to read and easily got fatigued from it. He also noticed that while he was reading, the words would get blurry often and he noticed the words would go in and out of focus often. W also lost his place often when reading and after he read something, he easily forgot what he just read. His mom noticed this often and wanted him to have better retention of what he had read.
After vision therapy, W’s reading improved a lot. His mom noticed that he had much better stamina where he could now read for an hour straight before getting tired, compared to less than 10 minutes of reading before he began vision therapy. W also found reading much easier because he wasn’t losing his place and was no longer having blurry vision, so it didn’t feel as tiring or time consuming. His mom said it was a big commitment for both of them, but felt it was worth all the hard work!
Congratulations W! We will miss you and your love of hockey.
For your police application, the OACP certificate requires a special peripheral vision test (visual field) and colour vision test (D-15), which not all optometry offices have. They’re available at Whitby Vision Care, so let the staff know about your police application when you’re calling, and they can book everything you need along with your comprehensive eye exam! Call (905) 666-4848
V came to us for vision therapy because she was having double vision for over two years and was experiencing headaches and blurry vision. V was starting highschool when she first started therapy and wanted these issues to go away since her homework was getting heavier.
After vision therapy, the double vision decreased greatly. V still noticed it occasionally but she said it was nowhere near as bad as it was before vision therapy and felt she had the tools to manage it and get rid of it when it did happen. Congratulations V! We will miss you and your love of music.
M came to us because he was having difficulties with reading, where he would lose his place and skip words often while reading and when trying to copy from the board at school. He also loved baseball and wanted to be better at catching and throwing, and have better coordination overall. He had been diagnosed with Developmental Coordination Disorder.
During vision therapy, M and his mom started noticing that he was already improving on being able to follow things with his eyes and that his hand-eye coordination had improved. As we continued vision therapy, M found copying from the board was getting easier, and he started reading more often. Upon completion of vision therapy, M’s reading had greatly improved and he was above his reading grade level and had improved with his catching and throwing skills. Congratulations M! We will miss you and your love of baseball and exuberant personality.
Your glasses do not count as safety protection from COVID-19. We often touch our glasses without thinking. Virus particles can be transferred from our fingers and face, and they can remain on hard plastic surfaces for hours to days. Remember to wash your hands before touching your face, and wash your glasses frequently with soap and water!
Avoid soaps with abrasive beads and chemical glasses cleaners.
Dry them with a soft, clean cloth, and avoid using your shirt or facial tissues.
