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Make Sure Your Children's Vision Is The Best It Can Be

Fitzroy North Eye Centre strives for excellence in understanding and managing vision in children. Children need to be as visually available for the school classroom as possible. Our goal is to assist every child to achieve the clearest vision possible and optimal visual performance. We work closely with families, schools, doctors and other professionals to provide the highest level of care at all times for the benefit of the child.

Vision Problems In Children: How Common Are They?

Vision is your child’s most precious sense. A child will not necessarily complain of a vision problem as they assume that what they see and interpret is “normal”. Australian population studies have suggested that as many as 25% of children will experience vision problems at some point during their education and that more than a half of children with vision problems are not diagnosed because they have not been taken for an eye examination. An undiagnosed vision problem can cause reduced school performance. We recommend that children have their eyes examined every two years throughout their education and more often if the child experiences specific visual symptoms or there is a family history of vision problems. Examinations are rebateable from Medicare.

Children's Vision Eyecare Services That We Offer:

  • Vision reports for schools, doctors and other professionals.
  • Structured eye exercise programs for binocular vision disorders (vision therapy) – Children experiencing eyestrain or focusing problems.
  • Visual perceptual assessments – Children experiencing developmental or learning difficulties.
  • Vision Therapy for children (and adults ) with strabismus (eye turns) and amblyopia (Lazy eye)
  • Structured vision therapy programs for visual perceptual delay.
  • Readalyser assesment- Infra-red eye movement device to show how the eyes scan with reading.
  • During the school years, there are big demands placed on a child in the classroom. The most challenging and possibly the most important task a child faces is learning to read.
  • Visual perception is the ability of the brain to interpret, analyse and give meaning to what is seen.
  • When we read, our eyes don’t move smoothly across the line. Instead, our eyes make a series of jumps and pauses as we read.
  • Children with eye teaming difficulties become tired easily, are distractible, lose place with reading, get headaches and eyestrain and often find school “boring” or too difficult.
  • Our eyes are designed for distance vision, so when we look at something up close, the natural lens in our eye has to change shape to redirect light rays on the retina for near objects.
  • Here are some examples of common signs and behaviours which may indicate visual acuity or visual processing problems in children.