Children's Eye Exams in Pennsylvania

Why is it Important For Your Child to Have Eye Exams?

Eye exams do a lot more than assess your child’s prescription. They are the first step to protecting your child’s eyes from a host of different eye diseases and conditions that could develop without your knowledge, or even theirs.

Some of these diseases and conditions can include myopia, amblyopia, strabismus, or even diabetes. If these are allowed to develop without intervention, they may lead to permanent visual issues, lasting the rest of your child’s life.

What Does a Children’s Eye Exam Look Like

Our eye care team strives to help ensure your child’s eye exam is comfortable and comprehensive.

Like all of our eye exams, we start with a conversation about your child’s ocular and health history, as well as your family health history. We encourage you to ask any questions or voice any concerns you may have about the exam or their eye health. The more we know about your child’s eyes, the better we can tailor the exam.

Following this chat, we’ll move on to assessing your child’s visual acuity. We’ll use tried and tested tools like a phoropter and eye charts to determine if your child needs a prescription to help them see clearly.

After this, we’ll take a detailed look at your child’s ocular health. This part of the exam is very important because it allows your optometrist to spot any conditions or diseases that may be developing without symptoms. By detecting these problems early, your optometrist can help find solutions to manage, or possibly even prevent, these issues from harming your child’s vision.

Some of the tools we may use include fundus photography, Optos retinal imaging, and OCT scans.

Once we determine your child’s prescription and eye health, we will invite you to see our wonderful team of opticians to help your child find a pair of glasses or contact lenses to correct their vision!